The directors from Kingfisher plc have resigned from the Supervisory Board of HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG. Kingfisher's representative on the Supervisory Board of the HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG, John Declerck (Group Strategy Director, Kingfisher plc), will also retire from his position as of September 11, 2013. The reason is that this precautionary measure would avoid any potential conflicts of interest resulting from these directors' involvement in their companies' respective expansion strategies.