2008 annual general meeting: Dräger shareholders elect a new
Supervisory Board
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* Nominated candidates elected
* Shareholders pay tribute to the services of the longstanding
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Prof. Dr. Dieter Feddersen
* Dr. Nikolaus Schweickart is the new Chairman of the Supervisory
Board
* Dividend: EUR 0.55 per preferred share and EUR 0.49 per common
share
* Authorization to purchase treasury shares extended
Lübeck, Germany - As expected, the candidates proposed by the
Supervisory Board's Nomination Committee were today elected by the
annual general meeting of Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA to the Supervisory
Board:
* Senator e. H. Dr. h. c. mult. Nikolaus Schweickart,
attorney-at-law with his own practice, and former longstanding
chairman of the executive board of Altana AG
* Jürgen Peddinghaus, self-employed management consultant, former
general manager of Booz Allen Hamilton Germany and, among other
things, chairman of the supervisory board of Jungheinrich AG
* Dr. Klaus Rauscher, former chairman of the executive board of
Vattenfall Europe AG and former head of the State Chancellery of
Bavaria
* Dr. Reinhard Zinkann, managing partner of Miele & Cie. KG
* Uwe Lüders, chairman of the executive board of L. Possehl GmbH &
Co.
* Dr. Thorsten Grenz, self-employed management consultant and
former chairman of the executive board of mobilcom AG
At its constituent meeting following the annual general meeting, the
Supervisory Board unanimously elected Dr. Nikolaus Schweickart as its
Chairman.
Siegfrid Kasang, Daniel Friedrich, Bernd Mussmann, Walter Neundorf,
Thomas Rickers and Ulrike Tinnefeld were elected as employee
representatives to the Supervisory Board on April 8, 2008.
Furthermore, the annual general meeting approved the proposed
dividend.
The dividend for fiscal year 2007 is EUR 0.55 per preferred share and
EUR 0.49 per common share. Moreover, the annual general meeting
authorized the management to buy back up to 10 percent of the
preferred treasury shares until 8 November 2009.
Around 1,300 shareholders bid farewell to the retiring Supervisory
Board at the Lübeck Music and Congress Center. They thanked the
Supervisory Board members for their hard work throughout their
five-year term in office.
Prof. Dr. Dieter Feddersen, the outgoing Chairman of the Supervisory
Board, wished the elected successors every success in taking over the
reins and endorsed the Chairman of the Executive Board's strategy in
applying the principle of "Dräger. Technology for Life".
In his capacity as shareholder, Stefan Dräger paid tribute to Prof.
Dr. Dieter Feddersen's achievements over the many years. He became a
member of the Supervisory Board in 1973 and had been its Chairman
since 1979. Prof. Feddersen will continue to support Dräger in the
future, for example on the Executive Board of the Foundation.
Those who have left the Supervisory Board are:
Professor Dr. Dieter Feddersen, Theo Dräger, Dr. Thomas Lindner,
Dr. Martin Posth, Gordon Riske and Dr. Dietrich Schulz. Theo Dräger
had become a member of the Supervisory Board in 2005, after 35 years
of service, many of which as the CFO and as Chairman of the Executive
Board.
Dräger. Technology for Life®
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA is an internationally leading medical and
safety technology group. Dräger products protect, support and save
lives. Established in 1889, in 2007 Dräger generated net sales of
around EUR 1.8 billion. The Lübeck-based technology corporation is
represented in 190 countries and has around 10,000 employees
worldwide. Please visit www.draeger.com for more information.
Contact
Corporate Communications:
Burkard Dillig
Tel. +49 451 882-2185
burkard.dillig@draeger.com
Investor Relations:
Vanina Herbst
Tel. +49 451 882-2685
vanina.herbst@draeger.com
Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
Moislinger Allee 53-55
23542 Lübeck, Germany
www.draeger.com
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Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
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