DGAP-News: Leifheit AG: Leifheit majority remains under family ownership - sales discussions stopped, Chairman of the board of management, Georg Thaller, leaves the company (english)
Leifheit AG: Leifheit majority remains under family ownership - sales
discussions stopped, Chairman of the board of management, Georg Thaller, leaves
the company
DGAP-News: Leifheit AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Change of
Personnel
Leifheit AG: Leifheit majority remains under family ownership - sales
discussions stopped, Chairman of the board of management, Georg
Thaller, leaves the company
23.05.2013 / 16:53
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Leifheit majority remains under family ownership - sales discussions
stopped
Nassau, 23 May 2013 - The families Schuler-Voith and Knapp-Voith will
continue to hold their share of approximately 60% of Leifheit AG; the
open-ended sales discussions, which began in December 2012, have now been
stopped. The background of this is that, despite great interest from
domestic and foreign investors, an agreement on a sale could not be reached
due to differing opinions.
Helmut Zahn, chairman of the Leifheit AG supervisory board: 'The owners
have not been under any pressure to sell from the start. Leifheit also
remains an attractive investment with high development potential for us in
the future.'
Chairman of the board of management, Georg Thaller, leaves the company
On 22 May 2013 the Leifheit AG supervisory board released the chairman of
the board of management, Georg Thaller (53), from his duties with effect
from 31 May 2013. The search for a successor has begun. In the interim the
CFO, Dr Claus-Otto Zacharias (59), will lead the company as the sole
managing director. The background of this decision is differing opinions on
the future strategic alignment of the Leifheit group in individual issues.
Helmut Zahn, chairman of the Leifheit AG supervisory board: 'On behalf of
the supervisory board I thank Mr Thaller for his commitment and work, which
has helped to shape the positive development of Leifheit AG in the past
three years. We wish Mr Thaller all the best and every success in his
future career.'
Georg Thaller became the chairman of the board of management of
Nassau-based Leifheit AG on 1 November 2009; on the board of management he
was responsible for the sectors Sales, Marketing, Development,
Legal/Patents and Auditing. Previously, Mr Thaller was spokesman for the
management of the kitchen appliance producer Fissler GmbH. Consequently,
under the management of Georg Thaller, Leifheit focused on the four core
business areas of cleaning, laundry care, kitchens and wellbeing, and
efficiency substantially increased; Group net results increased from EUR3.1
million (2009) to EUR9.4 million (2012).
About Leifheit
Founded in 1959, Leifheit AG is one of the leading European brand suppliers
of household items. The company stands for high-quality, innovative
products with great utility and pioneering design in the sectors of
cleaning, laundry care, kitchen goods and wellbeing. Leifheit and Soehnle
are among the best known brands in Germany. Other than in the Brand
Business, Leifheit AG operates in the service-oriented Volume Business via
its French subsidiaries Birambeau and Herby. Taking into account its
international branches, the Leifheit Group has around 1,000 employees in
total.
Contact:
Leifheit AG
D-56377 Nassau
ir@leifheit.com
+49 2604 977218
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Language: English
Company: Leifheit AG
Leifheitstraße
56377 Nassau
Germany
Phone: 02604 977-0
Fax: 02604 977-340
E-mail: ir@leifheit.com
Internet: www.leifheit.com
ISIN: DE0006464506
WKN: 646450
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,
München, Stuttgart
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