[1] General information on the Company

KION GROUP AG, whose registered office is at Abraham-Lincoln-Strasse 21, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany, is entered in the commercial register at the Wiesbaden local court under reference HRB 27060. The Company has had a new business address since November 2017: Thea-Rasche-Strasse 8, 60549 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Jinan, People’s Republic of China, is the company that prepares the global consolidated financial statements for the largest number of affiliated companies. These consolidated financial statements are not publicly available.

Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China, is the company that prepares the global consolidated financial statements for the smallest number of affiliated companies. These are available in English on the websites of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (www.hkexnews.hk) and the company (www.weichaipower.com).

The KION Group is a global leader in industrial trucks, warehouse technology, related services and supply chain solutions. In 2017, the Group’s approximately 32,000 highly skilled employees generated €7,653.6 million in revenue (2016: €5,587.2 million).

The consolidated financial statements and the combined group management report and management report of the Company were prepared by the Executive Board of KION GROUP AG on 21 February 2018.