http://www.kuka-ag.deKUKA AG Press and Financial Newsenhttp://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2010-03-10-kuka_verlaengert_finanzierung.htmKUKA Aktiengesellschaft has secured financing by extending and increasing its existing Syndicated Senior Facilities Agreement. The negotiations with the bank consortium were completed successfully.http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/Vorlaeufige_Zahlen_zum_Geschaeftsjahr_2009.htmCost reduction program accelerated in Q4/09: EUR 72 million saved in2009. Net debt: EUR 48.5 vs. EUR 87.5 million in Q3/09. Robotics - orders received: EUR 97.2 million in Q4/09, best quarter for 2009. Systems - orders received: EUR 146.6 million in Q4/09, stable at samelevel as Q3/09http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2009-12-02-Erfolgreicher_Einsatz_von_KUKA_Leichtbaurobotern.htmDaimler AG is using KUKA lightweight robots (LWR) on an assembly line pilot project. Well over 10,000 rear-axle gear boxes have already been built using KUKA lightweight robots since March 2009.http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2009-11-16.htmDr. Walter Bickel (50) will become the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of KUKA AG's Executive Board effective November 17, 2009. As already announced, the new COO will focus on developing and executing the ongoing cost-cutting program.http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2009-11-03-Q3-Zwischenbericht.htmOrders received decline stabilizes in the nine months 2009 (down 35percent compared to last year). Order backlog remains high at EUR 565 million. Operating result (EBIT) at -EUR 28 million; -EUR 10.6 million after adjusting for one-time charges of EUR 17.4 million. Guidance for 2009 adjustedhttp://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-20091006-KUKA_Systems_neue_branche.htmAugsburg engineering and automation specialist KUKA Systems has achieved a breakthrough in the Russian market and is delighted to report a major contract from railway wagon manufacturer TVSZ.http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-20091006-Ausbildungsstart.htmIn September, thirty-seven young people started their careers at the robotics and plant engineering company KUKA. To dispel some of the nervousness of the first day on the job, the company invited the new apprentices to a two-day session at the Bruder-Klaus-Heim rural training center in Violau.http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2009-09-29-Till-Reuter.htmSupervisory Board chairman Dr. Till Reuter to become temporary CEO from October 1, 2009 to early 2010 under the terms of article 105 paragraph 2 of the German Stock Corporation Acthttp://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2009-09-21.htmKUKA AG's Supervisory Board unanimously elected Dr. Till Reuter as its new chairman. The newly constituted board met for the first time on September 20 and 21.http://www.kuka-ag.de/en/press/kuka_publications/press_and_financial/PM-2009-09-03-Veraenderungen_im_Vorstand_und_Aufsichtsrat.htmThe members of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board have come to the conclusion that, in view of the demands of the major shareholder Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting, it is in the interest of the company, its shareholders, employees and customers to carry out the changes sought by Grenzebach to the Executive Board and chairmanship of the Supervisory Board with mutual consent. This should end the phase of the dispute with KUKA which has been carried out in public, and help to make the transition period to a new management team as short as possible.