DGAP-Adhoc: Hugo Boss AG: Personnel changes in the Managing Board of HUGO BOSS AG

Hugo Boss AG / Change of Personnel

28.04.2009 

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The Supervisory Board of HUGO BOSS AG has announced that Dr. Andreas
Stockert was appointed as member of the HUGO BOSS Managing Board. Dr.
Stockert (54 years old) will be responsible for the segments purchase,
production and logistics as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and will assume
office on June 1, 2009.

Metzingen, April 28, 2009

The Managing Board

HUGO BOSS AG
Dieselstr. 12
72555 Metzingen
Germany

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

The Supervisory Board of HUGO BOSS AG has announced that Dr. Andreas
Stockert was appointed as member of the HUGO BOSS Managing Board. Dr.
Stockert (54 years old) will be responsible for the segments purchase,
production and logistics as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and will assume
office on June 1, 2009.

Dr. Andreas Stockert is an approved expert in the area of logistics and has
gained versatile and longtime experience in fashion and consumer goods.
Most recently, he worked as Senior Vice President for Kühne + Nagel
Management AG, Switzerland, responsible for the management of logistics and
for the customers of fashion and consumer goods. Amongst others, his duties
included logistic and supply chain management. Prior to that, for many
years Dr. Stockert gained considerable experience regarding supply chain
management in the textile sector as well as in different consulting firms.

'Dr. Andreas Stockert has both a profound knowledge of logistic and supply
chain management as well as the affinity to the apparel industry which is
essential to HUGO BOSS AG, and, therefore, will well complement the
Managing Board', said Dr. Hellmut Albrecht, chairman of the Supervisory
Board of HUGO BOSS AG.


Further information on HUGO BOSS can be found on our website at
www.group.hugoboss.com.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Philipp Wolff
Director of Communication
Phone: +49 7123 94-2375
Fax: +49 7123 94-2051





Contact:
Judith Eckl, Bereichsleiterin Recht
Tel: +49-7123-94 2767





DGAP 28.04.2009 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Hugo Boss AG
              Dieselstraße 12
              72555 Metzingen
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)712 394-0
Fax:          +49 (0)712 394-2014
E-mail:       info@hugoboss.com
Internet:     www.hugoboss.com
ISIN:         DE0005245534, DE0005245500, 
WKN:          524553, 524550, 
Indices:      MDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart;
              Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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