NEUTRAUBLING (dpa-AFX) - Filling and packaging equipment manufacturer Krones wants to ensure an early return to the Dax index family with a change in personnel. Matthias Winkler will become the new chairman of the audit and risk management committee on the supervisory board, Krones announced on Tuesday. He succeeds Norbert Broger, who will, however, remain a member of this Supervisory Board committee. "Krones thus fully complies with Recommendation C.10 of the German Corporate Governance Code and, in its own opinion, again meets all the basic criteria of Deutsche Borse AG for returning to the Dax index family," the statement continued.

The background to the personnel matter is a provision in the German Corporate Governance Code, according to which the chairman of the audit committee must be independent. Krones had apparently violated this rule in May. At the Annual General Meeting (AGM), former CFO Norbert Broger was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee. Krones shares, which had previously been listed on the MDax, were subsequently delisted from the Dax on Monday (September 18).

The next possible date for a return to the index is mid-December./jcf/mis