The Supervisory Board of Bilfinger SE accepted the request of Axel Salzmann to terminate his contract prematurely as of September 30, 2016 and to step down from his position as CFO and member of the Executive Board on this date. As his successor as from October 1, 2016, the Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Klaus Patzak, who has been CFO and member of the executive board of Osram AG for several years and, inter alia, successfully co-shaped the initial public offering of Osram. Before, he already served in management functions at Siemens AG.