Ad-hoc | 9 October 2007 10:37
Intershop Communications AG / Change of Personnel
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Jena, October 8, 2007 – Intershop Communications AG (Prime Standard: ISH2)
announced today that, following the expiration of the contract with CEO
Friedhelm Bischofs (62), Andreas Riedel (48) has been appointed to succeed
him as CEO effective October 10, 2007.
On the termination of his appointment on October 10, 2007, Friedhelm
Bischofs will leave the Company by mutual agreement with the Supervisory
Board. The Supervisory Board wishes to expressly thank Mr. Bischofs for his
hard work, which led to Intershop recording an operating profit within a
very short period and thus significantly improved the Company’s overall
situation. He was responsible for implementing far-reaching restructuring
programs and successfully initiated measures to secure the Company’s
financial position. In addition, sales efficiency has improved
significantly in the past two quarters, as reflected in the very good order
situation today, among other things.
As CEO, Andreas Riedel will be responsible for leading e-commerce company
Intershop, based in Jena. He has more than 25 years’ experience in
customer-facing industries. In the recent past, he worked in senior
management positions at Schott Zwiesel AG, Möbel Höffner GmbH, Deutsche
Telekom AG – as Managing Director of the T-Punkt sales organization – and
most recently as Chairman of the management of the Real business line at
Metro AG. Riedel will contribute his wide-ranging management experience in
customer-facing industries to rapidly drive forward the Company’s
reorientation.
Public Relations:
Dr. Ute Danz
T: +49-3641-50-1000
F: +49-3641-50-1002
pr@intershop.com
Investor Relations:
Annett Koerbs
T: +49-3641-50-1370
F: +49-3641-50-1309
ir@intershop.com
09.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: Intershop Communications AG
Intershop Tower
07740 Jena
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)3641-50-0
Fax: +49 (0)3641-50-1002
E-mail: ir@intershop.de
Internet: www.intershop.de
ISIN: DE000A0EPUH1, DE000A0C4ZE3
WKN: A0EPUH, A0C4ZE
Indices: CDAX, PRIMEALL, TECHALLSHARE
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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