DGAP-Ad-hoc: GFT Technologies SE / Key word(s): Change of Personnel GFT Technologies SE: Marika Lulay to succeed Ulrich Dietz as CEO of GFT Technologies SE / Ulrich Dietz to become Chairman of Administrative Board 29-Jan-2017 / 16:51 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad hoc disclosure pursuant to Article 17 MAR 29 January 2017 Marika Lulay to succeed Ulrich Dietz as CEO of GFT Technologies SE / Ulrich Dietz to become Chairman of Administrative Board At today's Administrative Board Meeting, Ulrich Dietz, in agreement with the Administrative Board, resigned as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GFT Technologies SE of his own accord with effect as of the end of the Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2017. Ulrich Dietz has been a member of the management since the company was founded in 1987. He has decisively developed the company as its anchor shareholder and as Managing Director/CEO. The new CEO will be Marika Lulay, who was unanimously appointed today by the Administrative Board with effect as of the end of the Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2017. She currently holds the position of Managing Director/Chief Operating Officer (COO). Also with effect as of the end of the Annual General Meeting on 31 May 2017, the Administrative Board today elected Ulrich Dietz as Chairman of the Administrative Board and Dr Paul Lerbinger, the current Chairman of the Administrative Board, as Vice Chairman. Contact: Andrea Wlcek Global Head of Communications GFT Technologies SE Schelmenwasenstrasse 34 70567 Stuttgart T +49 711 62042-440 F +49 711 62042-301 [email protected] www.gft.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29-Jan-2017 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: GFT Technologies SE Schelmenwasenstraße 34 70567 Stuttgart Germany Phone: +49 (0)711/62042-0 Fax: +49 (0)711/62042-301 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.gft.com ISIN: DE0005800601 WKN: 580060 Indices: TecDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 539395 29-Jan-2017 CET/CEST