Arbonia-Forster-Group AG announced the Long-standing member of the Board of Directors at the company, Dr. Arthur Loepfe, will not be standing for re-election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting on April 20, 2012. After being on the company's Board of Directors for ten years, he has announced he is to stand down. While Paul Witschi, Christian Stambach, Dr. Edgar Oehler and Andreas G hring are available for a further term of office and Georg Fr h's term extends to the ordinary Annual General Meeting in 2013, the Board of Directors has indicated that the seat held by Dr. Arthur Loepfe will remain empty until further notice.