DGAP-News: SMA Solar Technology AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
SMA Solar Technology AG: Dr. Erik Ehrentraut Elected New Chairman of
SMA Supervisory Board
11.02.2015 / 10:34
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SMA Solar Technology AG - Corporate News
Dr. Erik Ehrentraut Elected New Chairman of SMA Supervisory Board
Niestetal, February 11, 2015-At the meeting on February 11, 2015, Dr. Erik
Ehrentraut was elected the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SMA
Solar Technology AG (SMA/FWB: S92). This appointment was due to the death
of Dr.-Ing. h. c. Günther Cramer in January 2015, who had held the position
of Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 2011.
Dr. Erik Ehrentraut served on the Managing Board of Flachglas AG from 1987
to 2000, and was its Chairman from 1991. At the same time, he held the
position of Chairman of the Managing Board at Pilkington Deutschland GmbH
from 1991 to 2000. Additionally, Dr. Erik Ehrentraut was Chairman of the
Managing Board at FLABEG GmbH from 2000 to 2002. He had already chaired the
Supervisory Board of SMA Solar Technology AG from 2004 until Günther Cramer
was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board in 2011. Kim Fausing, COO of
Danfoss A/S, succeeds him as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
The SMA Supervisory Board, which represents shareholders and employees
equally, consists of Roland Bent, Peter Drews, Dr. Erik Ehrentraut
(Chairman), Kim Fausing (Deputy Chairman), Dr. Winfried Hoffmann and Reiner
Wettlaufer on the shareholder side. The employees are represented by Oliver
Dietzel, Dr. Günther Häckl, Johannes Häde, Heike Haigis, Joachim Schlosser
and Mirko Zeidler.
About SMA
The SMA Group with expected sales of more than EUR790 million in 2014 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 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 PV system sizes. The product range includes system
technologies for grid-connected photovoltaic systems as well as off-grid
and hybrid systems. The service portfolio is supplemented by comprehensive
services and operational management of large-scale PV power plants. 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.
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 Rother
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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