Leoni AG resolved to change their nomination for election of the shareholder representatives. Instead of Dr. Werner Rupp, Wolfgang Dehen is now to be proposed at the company's annual general meeting on 11 May 2017. As a consequence of this decision, Dr. Rupp declared to resign from his office as Chairman and member of the Supervisory Board of the company effective 30 April 2017. Dehen was the CEO of Osram Licht AG from 2011 to 2014. On Leoni AG's Supervisory Board, he will contribute his experience in the automotive industry and in systematically raising the performance of industrial enterprises.