Ad-hoc | 3 April 2002 14:19

HAWESKO Holding AG english

Hawesko: dividend to increase by 37%, Thomas R. Fischer into supervisory board Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Hawesko: dividend to increase by 37%, Thomas R. Fischer into supervisory board Hamburg, 3 April 2002. At its meeting today, the supervisory board of the wine trading group Hawesko Holding AG (HAWG.DE, DE0006042708) has decided to adopt the proposal of the management board and to propose a dividend of Euro 1.15 per share for fiscal year 2001 to the annual general meeting on 13 June 2002. A total of Euro 5.1 million will be paid out to the shareholders. In the previous year, a dividend of Euro 0.84 per share or Euro 3.7 million overall was distributed. The supervisory board also discussed changes in its constituent members: at the end of the annual general meeting on 13 June 2002, Dr. Norbert Käsbeck will resign from the supervisory board at his own wish. The supervisory board expressed its thanks to Dr. Käsbeck for his valuable service. The supervisory board will nominate Dr. Thomas R. Fischer as his successor at the annual general meeting. Dr. Fischer, 55, was a member of the management board of Deutsche Bank until January of this year, where he held the positions of Chief Risk Officer, Chief Operating Officer and head of the Treasury. He holds a position on the supervisory board of Audi AG and is a member of the advisory council of KanAM International GmbH and der KanAM Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH as well as being a non-executive director of LTG Technologies PLC. end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 03.04.2002 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 604270; ISIN: DE0006042708; Index: SDax Listed: Amtlicher Handel in Frankfurt (SMAX), Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart 031419 Apr 02