KSB Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Miscellaneous 01.12.2016 17:04 Disclosure of an inside information according to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Board of Management of KSB Aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Frankenthal, has decided to take up a suggestion of the majority shareholder Klein Pumpen GmbH, headquartered in Frankenthal, and to examine a possible change of KSB's legal form from a joint stock company into a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien). Depending on the outcome of this examination, the Board of Management will propose, subject to the consent of Klein Pumpen GmbH, such a change of the legal form to the supervisory board; in case of approval by the supervisory board, the transformation will be submitted to the annual general meeting for resolution. 01.12.2016 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: KSB Aktiengesellschaft Johann-Klein-Strasse 9 67227 Frankenthal Germany Phone: +49 6233 86-2020 Fax: +49 6233 86-3435 E-mail: Internet: www.ksb.com ISIN: DE0006292030 WKN: 629203 Listed: Regulated Market in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (General Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------