As part of the company's strategic realignment, SGL Group will reduce the Board of Management from three to two members. For this reason, the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE and Board of Management member Dr. Gerd Wingefeld have mutually agreed not to renew Mr. Wingefeld's contract expiring at the end of September 2017 and to terminate it prematurely effective end of this year. Gerd Wingefeld has been a member of the Board of Management since 2008, responsible, among others, for Technology and Innovation. In his function as Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Jurgen Kohler will take over this responsibility from Gerd Wingefeld.