Bechtle AG's Annual General Meeting held on June 12, 2018, elected the regular election of shareholder representatives to the newly composed Supervisory Board. New to the board are Dr. Lars Gr-nert and Klaus Winkler. Also elected was Elke Reichhart, who had already been appointed by court in December 2017. Kurt Dobitsch, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess and Sandra Stegman all had their previous mandates reconfirmed with robust majorities. At its subsequent constitutive meeting, the Supervisory Board elected Klaus Winkler as its new chair. Mr. Winkler has known Bechtle for over 20 years and brings with him his experience in the management of a medium-sized global player. As the managing director of BWK GmbH, he oversaw its stake in Bechtle prior to the company's IPO, and in 1999 was appointed to Bechtle's first Supervisory Board when it took the legal form of an Aktiengesellschaft. The six employee representatives to the board had already been elected in April with effect from the AGM's conclusion. Uli Drautz, Daniela Eberle, Volker Strohfeld, as well as union representatives Barbara Greyer (ver.di) and Michael Unser (IG Metall) were all re-elected to the board and are now joined by Anton Samija.

The AGM also approved the 20% dividend increase proposed by the company's Executive and Supervisory Boards, bringing it to EUR 0.90 per share. This is the eighth consecutive time Bechtle has raised its regular dividend.