Swisslog shareholders approve all Board proposals

Buchs/Aarau, 18 April 2012 – A large majority of Swisslog Holding AG shareholders have approved all proposals of the Board of Directors on today's Annual General Meeting held in Buchs/Aarau. Rudolf Weber was elected as new member of the Board.

Shareholders voted for a dividend payment of CHF 0.04 per share from reserves from capital contributions for business year 2011.

Jürg Rückert (Vice-Chairman, member of the Board of Directors of Swisslog Holding AG since 2004) and Johann Löttner (member of the Board of Directors since 2009) were both re-elected for a three-year term of office. Rudolf Weber will assume the remaining two-year term of office of Manfred Schuster who retired from the Board of Directors as of 31 December 2011.

Swisslog's Board of Directors is composed as follows: Hans Ziegler (Chairman), Jürg Rückert (Vice-Chairman), Heinz Bachmann, Johann Löttner and Rudolf Weber.

Calendar:
30 May 2012: Investor Day
20 August 2012: Publication 2012 Half-Year Result
7 March 2013: Publication 2012 Annual Result
11 April 2013: General Meeting of Shareholders 2013

About Swisslog
Swisslog is a global provider of integrated logistics solutions for warehouses, distribution centers and hospitals. Its comprehensive services portfolio ranges from building complex warehouses and distribution centers to implementing Swisslog's own software and technology to intra-company logistics solutions for hospitals.

Swisslog’s solutions optimize customers’ production, logistics and distribution processes in order to increase flexibility, responsiveness and quality of service while minimizing logistics costs. With years of experience in the development and implementation of integrated logistics solutions, Swisslog provides the expertise that customers in more than 50 countries around the world rely on.

Headquartered in Buchs/Aarau, Switzerland, Swisslog currently employs over 2 000 staff in 20 countries worldwide. The group’s parent company, Swisslog Holding AG, is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (security number: 1232462, Telekurs: SLOG, Reuters: SLOG.S). Note: Swisslog refers to an order as “major order” if its financial volume exceeds the threshold of MCHF 20.
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