DGAP-News: SMA Solar Technology AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
SMA Solar Technology AG: Jürgen Dolle Resigning from SMA Managing
Board Due to Health Reasons
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SMA Solar Technology AG - Corporate News
Jürgen Dolle Resigning from SMA Managing Board Due to Health Reasons
Niestetal, May 14, 2013 - Jürgen Dolle, Chief Human Resources & Operations
Officer of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA), who has been ill since November
2012, is resigning from his position with SMA effective May 15, 2013 due to
health reasons. Dolle's duties will be taken on by other SMA Managing Board
members. Lydia Sommer, Chief Financial, Legal & Compliance Officer, will
assume responsibility for Human Resources and the position of Labor
Director, and Chief Executive Officer Pierre-Pascal Urbon will be
responsible for Operations.
'Jürgen Dolle has played a profound role in shaping SMA and has handled the
challenges in phases of rapid growth with forward-looking concepts,' said
Günther Cramer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, responding to Jürgen
Dolle's resignation. Above all, however, Jürgen Dolle stands for the
prize-winning corporate culture of SMA, which is based on values like
cooperation, trust and participation. 'With his remarkable dedication, his
contribution has been crucial to SMA being repeatedly honored as one of the
best employers and in ensuring that employees participate in the company's
success with their hearts, minds, and their wallets,' Cramer said. 'He was
instrumental in initiating the corporate philosophy and has wholeheartedly
represented and practiced our values. I deeply regret that Jürgen Dolle is
ending his work with SMA for health reasons and, on behalf of the
Supervisory Board, would like to thank him for his many impressive
achievements and his work on the Managing Board.'
When he joined SMA in 2001, Dolle served as Vice President of Human
Resources. There he designed new models for personnel development, among
other things, and anchored the special corporate culture throughout the
company. In April 2010, he was appointed to the SMA Managing Board, where
he was initially responsible for Human Resources and later was given the
added responsibility for Operations.
About SMA
The SMA Group generated sales of EUR1.5 billion in 2012 and is the global
market leader for solar inverters, a key component of all PV plants and,
as an energy management group, offers innovative key technologies for
future power supply structures. It is headquartered in Niestetal, near
Kassel, Germany, and is represented internationally in 21 countries. The
Group employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. SMA's broad product
portfolio includes a compatible inverter for every type of module on the
market and for all plant sizes. The product range includes both inverters
for photovoltaic plants connected to the grid as well as inverters for
off-grid systems. SMA is therefore able to provide ideal technical inverter
solutions for all plant sizes and types. Since 2008, the Group's parent
company, SMA Solar Technology AG, has been listed on the Prime Standard of
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (S92) and also in the TecDAX index. In recent
years, SMA has received numerous awards for excellence as an employer and
achieved first place in the nationwide 'Great Place to Work(R)' competition
in 2011 and 2012.
SMA Solar Technology AG
Sonnenallee 1
34266 Niestetal
Germany
Head of Corporate Communications:
Anja Jasper
Tel.: +49 561 9522-2805
Presse@SMA.de
Press contact:
Susanne Henkel
Manager Corporate Press
Tel.: +49 561 9522-1124
Fax +49 561 9522-421400
Presse@SMA.de
Investor Relations contact:
Julia Damm
Manager Investor Relations
Tel. +49 561 9522-2222
Fax +49 561 9522-2223
IR@SMA.de
Disclaimer:
This corporate news serves only as information and does not constitute an
offer or invitation to subscribe for, acquire, hold or sell any securities
of SMA Solar Technology AG (the 'Company') or any present or future
subsidiary of the Company (together with the Company, the 'SMA Group') nor
should it form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any
contract to purchase or subscribe for any securities in the Company or any
member of the SMA Group or commitment whatsoever. Securities may not be
offered or sold in the United States of America absent registration or an
exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
This corporate news can contain future-oriented statements. Future-oriented
statements are statements which do not describe facts of the past. They
also include statements about our assumptions and expectations. These
statements are based on plans, estimations and forecasts which the Managing
Board of SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA or company) has available at this
time. Future-oriented statements are therefore only valid on the day on
which they are made. Future-oriented statements by nature contain risks and
elements of uncertainty. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors can lead to considerable differences between the actual
results, the financial position, the development or the performance of the
corporation and the estimates given here. These factors include those which
SMA has discussed in published reports. These reports are available on the
SMA website at www.SMA.de. The company accepts no obligation whatsoever to
update these future-oriented statements or to adjust them to future events
or developments.
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Language: English
Company: SMA Solar Technology AG
Sonnenallee 1
34266 Niestetal
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)561 / 9522 - 100
E-mail: info@sma.de
Internet: http://www.sma.de
ISIN: DE000A0DJ6J9
WKN: A0DJ6J
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart
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