Hugo Boss AG / Change of Personnel
15.01.2009
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Metzingen (Germany), January 15, 2009. The Supervisory Board of HUGO BOSS
AG has announced that André Maeder, board member with responsibility for
sales for HUGO BOSS, will be withdrawing from the Managing Board effective
January 31, 2009, allowing him to begin his role as CEO with the Swiss
company Charles Vögele Group. Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, CEO and Chairman of the
HUGO BOSS Managing Board, will assume Mr. Maeder's scope of functions.
Metzingen, January 15, 2009
The Managing Board
HUGO BOSS AG
Dieselstrasse 12
72555 Metzingen
Germany
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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:
Personnel changes in the Managing Board of HUGO BOSS AG
Metzingen (Germany), January 15, 2009. The Supervisory Board of HUGO BOSS
AG has announced that André Maeder, board member with responsibility for
sales for HUGO BOSS, will be withdrawing from the Managing Board effective
January 31, 2009. André Maeder, born in Switzerland, member of the Managing
Board of HUGO BOSS AG since 2004 responsible for sales and license
business, had asked the Supervisory Board beforehand to dissolve his
contract early allowing him to begin his role as CEO with the Swiss company
Charles Vögele Group in Pfäffikon in Zurich.
The Managing Board and Supervisory Board of HUGO BOSS AG regret the
decision. However, they wish to 'thank André Maeder for his committed
service over the years and wish him the very best of success in his new
responsibilities as CEO of Vögele'. Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, CEO and Chairman
of the HUGO BOSS Managing Board, will assume Mr. Maeder's scope of
functions.
Further information on HUGO BOSS can be found on our website
www.group.hugoboss.com.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Philipp Wolff
Director of Communication
Phone: +49 (0) 7123 94-2375
Fax: +49 (0) 7123 94-2051
Tanja Vucinic
Investor Relations
Phone: +49 (0) 7123 94-2599
Fax: +49 (0) 7123 94-2020
E-mail: Investor-Relations@hugoboss.com
Fax: +49 (0) 7123 94-2051
This document contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's
current views with respect to future events. The words 'anticipate,'
'assume,' 'believe,' 'estimate,' 'expect,' 'intend,' 'may,' 'plan,'
'project,' 'should,' and similar expressions identify forward-looking
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of these or other risks and uncertainties occur, or if the assumptions
underlying any of these statements prove incorrect, then actual results may
be materially different from those expressed or implied by such statements.
We do not intend or assume any obligation to update any forward-looking
statement, which speaks only as of the date on which it is made.
Contact:
Judith Eckl, Bereichsleiterin Recht
Tel: +49-7123-94 2767
DGAP 15.01.2009
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Language: English
Issuer: Hugo Boss AG
Dieselstraße 12
72555 Metzingen
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)712 394-0
Fax: +49 (0)712 394-2014
E-mail: info@hugoboss.com
Internet: www.hugoboss.com
ISIN: DE0005245534, DE0005245500,
WKN: 524553, 524550,
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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