Thyssenkrupp AG: Merz remains Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp AG

DGAP-Ad-hoc: thyssenkrupp AG / Key word(s): Personnel thyssenkrupp AG: Merz remains Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp AG 20-March-2020 / 15:31 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.   Disclosure of an inside information according to Article 17 MAR   Merz remains Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp AG - Martina Merz permanently appointed Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp AG - Johannes Dietsch resigns from the Executive Board - Dr. Klaus Keysberg takes over as Chief Financial Officer The Personnel Committee of the Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp AG today recommended the appointment of Martina Merz as Chief Executive Officer of thyssenkrupp AG for a three-year term effective April 1, 2020. Her delegation from the Supervisory Board will thus end. Merz will resign from the Supervisory Board accordingly. The Personnel Committee also proposes that the Supervisory Board follow Johannes Dietsch's request to resign from the Executive Board effective March 31, 2020. His successor as Chief Financial Officer will be Dr. Klaus Keysberg, who has already been a member of the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp AG since October 1, 2019. Keysberg, who holds a PhD in business administration, will remain responsible for the materials businesses in addition to his new role as Chief Financial Officer. Plant Technology will in future be the responsibility of Martina Merz. Contact: thyssenkrupp AG Investor Relations: Dr. Claus Ehrenbeck Head of Investor Relations Phone: [phone] mailto: [e-mail] thyssenkrupp AG Communications: Peter Sauer Head of External Communications Phone: [phone] mailto: [e-mail] www.thyssenkrupp.com/en Twitter: @thyssenkrupp_en Company blog: https://engineered.thyssenkrupp.com   20-March-2020 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	thyssenkrupp AG
	thyssenkrupp Allee 1
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