Head N.V.: Conference Call to Discuss the Third Quarter Results for 2008 Will be Held on Thursday 13th November 2008 at 15:00 London Time


AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 31, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEAD Chairman and CEO Johan Eliasch will host a conference call on Thursday 13th November 2008 at 15:00 London time (10:00 New York). He will be joined by Ralf Bernhart, Chief Financial Officer and Clare Vincent, Investor Relations. They will discuss HEAD's results for the three months and nine months ended 30th September 2008.

A presentation, which will be discussed during the conference call, will be available on the Investor Relations section of our website, (www.head.com) prior to the conference call on Thursday 13th November 2008.

You can join the conference call using the following phone numbers:

Country Phone Number



 UK      0800 694 1562
 Europe  +44 (0) 1452 583 043
 USA     +1 866 245 0744

Please note that there will not be an audio link on the web site.

A transcript of the conference call will be posted to the investor relations section of our website.

A Replay Service is also available for 1 week following the conference call, the dial in numbers are as follows:



 UK          0800 953 1533
 Europe      +44 (0) 1452 55 00 00
 USA         +1 866 247 4222
 Access Code 68725007#

About HEAD

HEAD NV is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of premium branded sports equipment.

HEAD NV's ordinary shares are listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange ("HEAD").

Our business is organized into four divisions: Winter Sports, Racquet Sports, Diving and Licensing. We sell products under the HEAD (tennis, squash, paddle and racquetball racquets, tennis balls, tennis footwear, badminton products, alpine skis, ski bindings and ski boots, snowboards, bindings and boots), Penn (tennis and racquetball balls), Tyrolia (ski bindings), and Mares/Dacor (diving equipment) brands.

We hold leading positions in all of our product markets and our products are endorsed by some of the world's top athletes including Richard Gasquet, Andrew Murray, Ivan Ljubicic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Patty Schnyder, Amelie Mauresmo, Hermann Maier, Bode Miller, Didier Cuche, Marco Buchel, Rainer Schonfelder, Patrick Staudacher, Maria Riesch, Anja Parson, Elisabeth Gorgl, Sarka Zahrobska, Jon Olsson and Gianluca Genoni.

For more information, please visit our website: www.head.com

Analysts, investors, media and others seeking financial and general information, please contact:



 Clare Vincent, Investor Relations 
 Tel: +44 207 499 7800 
 Fax: +44 207 491 7725 
 headinvestors@aol.com

 Ralf Bernhart, Chief Financial Officer 
 Tel: +43 1 70 179 354 
 Fax +43 1 707 8940