DGAP-News: Gigaset AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
Gigaset AG: Bernhard Riedel appointed Chairman of the Supervisory
Board of Gigaset AG
21.08.2013 / 09:54
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Bernhard Riedel appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Gigaset AG
Munich, August 20, 2013 - At the Gigaset AG Shareholders' Meeting held last
week on August 14, 2013, Bernhard Riedel was elected with a large majority
to the Supervisory Board and immediately thereafter appointed its Chairman.
Riedel, who was elected by the Supervisory Board of Gigaset AG to be its
Chairman for the first time on March 22, 2013, was thus confirmed in his
office.
The election of the Supervisory Board was a key part of this year's Gigaset
AG Shareholders' Meeting. Mr. Bernhard Riedel was elected to the
Supervisory Board with a large majority. At the Supervisory Board meeting
held immediately after the Shareholders' Meeting, he was elected Chairman
of the Supervisory Board and thus confirmed in office.
Bernhard Riedel had already been elected Chairman by the Supervisory Board
of Gigaset AG on March 22, succeeding Rudi Lamprecht at that time, who had
resigned the mandate for personal and private reasons. Mr. Riedel (born in
1961) is a lawyer in Munich and has belonged to the Supervisory Board
since 2006.
Paolo Vittorio Di Fraia, David Hersh, Prof. Michael Judis, Susanne
KlöÃ-Braekler and Barbara Münch were also appointed to the Supervisory
Board. Ulrich Burkhardt was appointed as a substitute member.
At the Shareholders' Meeting, the Supervisory Board of Gigaset AG under the
Chairmanship of Mr. Riedel confirmed the roadmap adopted by the Executive
Board for the complete implementation of 'Gigaset 2015' based on three key
components: securing and expanding our core business, entering new growth
markets and driving forward solution integration.
Gigaset AG, Munich, is an internationally operating company in the area of
communications technology. The Company is Europe's market leader in DECT
telephones. The premium supplier ranks second worldwide with around 1,400
employees and a market presence in about 70 countries.
Gigaset AG is listed on the Prime Standard of Deutsche Börse and thus is
subject to the highest requirements for transparency. Its shares are traded
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol 'GGS' (ISIN:
DE0005156004).
More about Gigaset: http://www.gigaset.ag
Contact:
Gigaset AG
Raphael Dörr
Press Spokesman
Tel.: +49 0(89) 444 456 866
Email: info.presse@gigaset.com
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Language: English
Company: Gigaset AG
HofmannstraÃe 61
81379 München
Germany
Phone: +89444456937
Fax: +89444456930
E-mail: kerstin.diebenbusch@gigaset.com
Internet: www.gigaset.com
ISIN: DE0005156004
WKN: 515600
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
Stuttgart
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