Mikron Holding AG announced that Prof. Dr. Peter Forstmoser, a longstanding member of the company's Board of Directors, will reach the age limit defined in the Group's Organizational Rules and will therefore step down from the Board with effect from the Annual General Meeting on April 9, 2013. The Board of Directors will propose that the Annual General Meeting elect Dr. Andreas Casutt to the Board. Casutt is a partner in the well known law firm of Niederer Kraft & Frey.