Reorganization of the management board of HOMAG Group AG / Ad hoc announcement
Homag Group AG / Change of Personnel
Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Schopfloch, July 28, 2009. From September 1, 2009, Rolf Knoll, longstanding member of the management board responsible for group operations, will assume the function of CEO. New management board member responsible for sales, service and marketing will be Jürgen Köppel, since 2004 managing director of the successful HOMAG production company BRANDT Kantentechnik GmbH.
Dr. Joachim Brenk, present CEO of HOMAG Group AG and responsible for sales, service and marketing, is leaving the company at year end to take up a new challenge. The supervisory board thanks Dr. Brenk for his work and his special contribution to the further development of the HOMAG Group.
Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:
Background information
With its 16 production companies worldwide, 22 group-owned sales and service companies and approximately 60 exclusive sales partners, HOMAG Group AG's market position is excellent and its portfolio as a comprehensive system supplier and technology partner makes it unique. Backed by a workforce of some 5,000 employees, the Company sees itself as the leading global manufacturer for plant and machinery for the woodworking industry for the production of furniture and construction elements as well as prefabricated houses. The group also offers its customers a wide range of services in related areas for production machines and equipment. HOMAG Group AG shares have been trading on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since July 13, 2007 and were listed on the SDAX of the German Stock Exchange on October 2007.
Information:
HOMAG Group AG
Investor Relations
Simone Müller
Tel.: +49 7443 13-2034
simone.mueller@homag.de
www.homag.de
28.07.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
Language: English
Issuer: Homag Group AG, Homagstr. 3-5, 72296 Schopfloch, Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)7443 / 13 – 0
Fax: +49 (0)7443 / 13 – 2300
E-mail: info@homag.de
Internet: www.homag.de
ISIN: DE0005297204
WKN: 529720
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hamburg