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Rainer Jacken to leave Supervisory Board of mybet Holding SE
10.06.2013 / 15:03
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Rainer Jacken to leave Supervisory Board of mybet Holding SE
- Shareholders' Meeting of mybet Holding SE on July 18, 2013
- Former Tipp24 Executive Board Director Marcus Geià and bwin co-founder
Carsten Koerl nominated as new Supervisory Board members
- Shareholder group voices full confidence in Management Board
Kiel, June 10, 2013 - Rainer Jacken informed the Management Board and
Supervisory Board of mybet Holding SE that he will prematurely surrender
office on the Supervisory Board with effect from the close of the Ordinary
Shareholders' Meeting of mybet SE on July 18, 2013. 'I will be maintaining
my association with mybet,' declared Jacken. 'In recent months my personal
and professional paths have taken a different direction, which I would now
like to pursue concertedly.'
Rainer Jacken was the founder of the Kiel advertising agency Designgruppe
TRANSPARENT, which ultimately evolved into mybet Holding SE (via the
intermediate guises of fluxx.com Aktiengesellschaft, then FLUXX AG and JAXX
AG). He was the driving force behind the development of the first Internet
platforms for lottery business in Germany. JAXX launched Germany's first
Internet lottery agency in 1998. Under the leadership of Rainer Jacken, and
in his capacity as Management Board Chairman, JAXX became one of the
leading commercial online gaming providers and an innovative partner to
German state-owned lottery companies. In 1999 Rainer Jacken steered the
former fluxx.com Aktiengesellschaft to a successful IPO. The shares of
mybet Holding SE have since been traded on the regulated capital market in
Frankfurt, which initially took the form of the 'Neuer Markt', and in Xetra
trading. The continuing expansion of international business eventually led
to the founding of mybet, in whose successful development Jacken played an
instrumental role until 2009 as Management Board spokesman, subsequently
continuing his pivotal involvement as a Supervisory Board member.
In response to the growing restrictions imposed on lottery agency business
in Germany following the State Treaty on gaming, the Management Board and
the entire Supervisory Board of mybet Holding SE threw their weight behind
the decision to focus on the core business area of sports betting. This led
to the sale of the lotteries division JAXX in May 2012.
'As well as being the 'father' of mybet, Rainer Jacken is one of the
pioneers of online gambling in Germany. We thank him for his unwavering
commitment and the energy that he has put into mybet and online gaming,'
commented Antje Stoltenberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of mybet
Holding SE. 'We will maintain our association with him as both a partner
and a friend, and wish him every success in his new venture.'
The Shareholders' Meeting will decide on his replacement on the Supervisory
Board on July 18, 2013. The resignations of Rodolfo Carpintier Santana and
Rainer Jacken mean that there are now two seats on the Supervisory Board to
be filled. The Nominating Committee of the mybet Supervisory Board is
proposing two successful entrepreneurs from the European gaming scene for
election:
- Marcus GeiÃ, former Executive Board Director of Tipp24 SE and founder of
Rhine Ventures, and
- Carsten Koerl, co-founder of bwin.party and founder and Administrative
Board Chairman of the Swiss company Sportradar AG.
The group of shareholders acting in concert, which according to the most
recent voting rights notification has 20.6 percent of voting rights, has
announced its support for the proposed candidates to fill the vacant seats
on the Supervisory Board. The shareholder group also unreservedly endorses
the chosen course of growth focusing on sports betting, casino and poker.
The shareholder group has voiced its full confidence in the Management
Board.
About mybet: mybet Holding SE (formerly JAXX SE), established in 1998, is a
financial holding company with equity interests in companies in the
European gaming industry. mybet Holding SE currently holds interests in
companies in Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Gibraltar and Malta.
mybet Holding SE has its headquarters in Kiel. The group's focus is on the
products sports betting, casino and poker, which are offered on the
Internet at www.mybet.com and www.mybet.de as well as in betting shops. The
shares of mybet Holding SE have been listed on Deutsche Börse since 1999
under ISIN DE000A0JRU67.
Contact:
mybet Holding SE
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Stefan Zenker
Tel. +49 (40) 85 37 88 47
Fax +49 (40) 85 37 88 30
Mail stefan.zenker@mybet.com
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Language: English
Company: mybet Holding SE
Jägersberg 23
24103 Kiel
Germany
Phone: +49 40 85 37 88-0
Fax: +49 40 85 37 88-30
E-mail: ir@mybet.com
Internet: www.mybet-se.com
ISIN: DE000A0JRU67
WKN: A0JRU6
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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