Karl-Heinz Birkner appointed new CFO of STILL GmbH

Karl-Heinz Birkner appointed new CFO of STILL GmbH
Wiesbaden / Hamburg, January 19, 2009 - Karl-Heinz Birkner (52) has
been appointed to the Management Board of STILL GmbH, where he will
be responsible for the commercial functions, with effect from
February 1, 2009. Karl-Heinz Birkner takes over from Harald Pinger,
who was in charge of STILL GmbH's finances on a temporary basis in
addition to his responsibilities as CFO of KION Group.

Karl-Heinz Birkner is a business economics graduate and has held a
number of executive and board-level positions in various companies
within the KION Group over the past 25 years. Most recently, he was
in charge of the internal audit department of KION Group while also
heading the finance department of the Group's hydraulics and
components section.

Dr. Rolf Karg, CEO of STILL and COO of KION Group, said: "Karl-Heinz
Birkner has known KION Group and the industry for more than two
decades and will make a vital contribution to the future success of
STILL through his wealth of experience. We look forward to working
with him.

Karl-Heinz Birkner commented: "I am greatly looking forward to my new
role. Working with Dr. Rolf Karg and Bert-Jan Knoef, I will work to
achieve STILL's ambitious targets, thereby discharging my
responsibilities toward the Company's staff, customers, business
partners and shareholders."

The Company
STILL GmbH is based in Hamburg, Germany, and is a leading supplier of
intelligent solutions for managing companies' intralogistics, which
covers all their internal flows of materials and information. It
employs more than 6,600 people worldwide and generated revenue of
approximately ¤1.4 billion in 2007. STILL is a member of the KION
Group, whose Linde, STILL and OM brands make it the leader in the
European market for industrial trucks and the second-largest in its
sector worldwide. The KION Group employed over 20,000 people and
generated revenue of around ¤4.0 billion in the 2006 financial year.

For further information please contact
Michael Hauger
Head of Communications and Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)611 770 655
Email: michael.hauger@kiongroup.com

Frank Kopfinger
Head of Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)611 770 220
Email: frank.kopfinger@kiongroup.com

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