GK Software AG / Miscellaneous
18.03.2010 14:22
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Schöneck, 18 March 2010 - The company founders and members of the GK
SOFTWARE AG board, Rainer Gläà (CEO) and Stephan Kronmüller (CTO), have
today informed the company that they have sold 180,000 of the shares that
they jointly held in GK Software Holding for a unit price of EUR 50 in the
form of a private issue. The buyers are institutional investors based in
Germany and elsewhere in Europe.
This issue means that the free float has increased from 24.01% to 34.82%.
At the same time, the percentage of equity held by GK Software Holding GmbH
in GK SOFTWARE AG has fallen from 70.57% to 59.76%. As a result, the
company founders, Rainer Gläà and Stephan Kronmüller, continue to directly
and indirectly have a majority holding in the company with 65.18% of all
the shares.
GK Software AG
Waldstrasse 7
08261 Schöneck
Germany
(Ende der Ad-hoc-Mitteilung)
Company profile GK SOFTWARE AG:
GK SOFTWARE AG is one of the leading technology developers and providers of
standard software for the retail sector in Europe and has an extensive
range of products for stores and enterprise headquarters. As a result of
its open software solutions in the GK/Retail Suite, which can be used with
any platform and is fully programmed in Java, the company has established
itself on the market as a leading provider of technology and innovations.
The software provides ideal business organization for retail companies with
many stores and therefore offers significant potential for cost savings and
customer loyalty programs so that companies can increase their
competitiveness.
The company employs 277 members of staff (figures for 31 September 2009) at
company head-quarters in Schöneck and four other business locations in
Berlin, St. Ingbert, Plzen (CZ) and Basel/Riehen (CH). GK SOFTWARE AG can
list well-known German and foreign retail com-panies among its customers,
including Galeria Kaufhof, Parfümerie Douglas, Coop (Switzer-land), EDEKA
Hannover-Minden, Hornbach, JYSK Nordic, Lidl, Netto Marken-Discount and
Tchibo. The software is currently being used in more than 25 countries at
70,000 POS units in approx. 18,500 stores in Germany and abroad.
The company has grown rapidly during the past few years and its sales
revenues totaled EUR 15.0 million in 2008. GK SOFTWARE AG achieved EBIT of
EUR 2.8 million (EBIT margin of 18.5% on total operating revenue). The two
founders and Management Board members, Rainer Gläà (CEO) und Stephan
Kronmüller (CTO), in conjunction with the Management Board members Ronald
Scholz (COO) and André Hergert (CFO), have made GK SOFTWARE AG a profitable
company with strong growth since 1990.
Further information about the company: www.gk-software.com.
Investor Relations
GK SOFTWARE AG
Dr. René Schiller
Tel.: +49 (0)37464-84-264
Fax: +49 (0)37464-84-15
E-mail: rschiller@gk-software.com
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Language: English
Company: GK Software AG
WaldstraÃe 7
08261 Schöneck
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)3 74 64 84 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)3 74 64 84 - 15
E-mail: info@gk-software.com
Internet: www.gk-software.com
ISIN: DE0007571424
WKN: 757142
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Stuttgart
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