Effective October 13, 2014, Dr. Dorothee Ritz, Senior Director Strategic Projects, Microsoft International, Munich, was appointed Member of the Supervisory Board at TAKKT AG by the Stuttgart local court. She succeeds Prof Dr. Klaus Tr-tzschler, who stepped down from his post on June 30, 2014. At the Supervisory Board meeting held on September 15, 2014, Dr. Johannes Haupt was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.