Corporate | 13 October 2009 07:45
HMS Bergbau AG / Miscellaneous 13.10.2009 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HMS Bergbau AG shareholders' meeting: Overwhelming approval for the strategic evolution from a coal trading company to an international group with a far-reaching share of the value chain. +++ New supervisory board consisting of Michaela Schernikau, Dr. Hans-Dieter Harig and Dr. h.c. Michael Bärlein +++ Capital market communications to be enhanced Berlin, October 13, 2009: HMS Bergbau AG held its statutory shareholders' meeting in Berlin yesterday. The company's shareholders almost unanimously approved all 14 items on the agenda put forward by the supervisory and management boards. Shareholders also expressed their faith in the management board for the future course of the company. In addition to approving the actions of the management and supervisory boards, the agenda also included voting in the new supervisory board. Michaela Schernikau, CEO of Sodachem Handels GmbH, Dr. Hans-Dieter Harig, former CEO of E.ON Energie AG and Dr. h. c. Michael Bärlein, Partner in the law firm Bärlein Freyschmidt Frings Pananis Venn, were appointed to the supervisory board of HMS Bergbau AG with immediate effect. The management board of HMS Bergbau AG would like to thank the former members of the supervisory board for their work. In the first assembly of the new supervisory board immediately after the shareholders' meeting, the members appointed Dr. Hans-Dieter Harig as the chairman of the supervisory board. Dr. h. c. Michael Bärlein was appointed his deputy. The agenda items mentioned were complemented by motions to raise fresh approved and authorized capital, to approve the issue of warrant or convertible bonds and to authorize the purchase of up to 10 percent of own shares. These resolutions were passed especially as HMS Bergbau AG is to be positioned and established along the value chain of the energy source coal in the medium-term. 'After the extremely successful past few years, we have been able to leverage opportunities in 2009, both at operating and strategic levels, in a market environment driven by the financial and economic crisis. In the long-term, we expect to be able to secure above average benefits by enhancing our business model with coal production and coal logistics. HMS Bergbau AG is therefore evolving from a sole coal trading company into an international group involved in production, logistics and coal trading,' explains Heinz Schernikau, CEO of HMS Bergbau AG. As a company listed in the Entry Standard, HMS Bergbau AG is also aiming to voluntarily enhance the transparency level of its reporting beyond the requirements specified by Deutsche Börse AG. In addition to regular disclosure and participation at capital market conferences as well as one-on-one meetings with investors, reporting is to be expanded in the future. Since Since October 2009, GFEI Aktiengesellschaft has been supporting HMS Bergbau AG in an effort to achieve open and more transparent communications. GFEI specializes in capital market consulting, investor relations and annual meetings. About HMS Bergbau AG: Berlin-based HMS Bergbau AG is an independent coal trading house specializing in just-in-time deliveries of thermal coal to power plants and other industrial consumers. The company is one of the leading coal trading companies in Germany and markets its products to renowned consumers worldwide. HMS is actively expanding its activities to span coal production and logistics solutions primarily in Asia and Eastern Europe. In addition, the company is developing environmental technologies, in particular concerning underground CO2 capture and storage (CCS technology). HMS has been listed at Germany's Frankfurt Stock Exchange since December 2008. Company contact: HMS Bergbau AG An der Wuhlheide 232 12459 Berlin T.: +49 (30) 65 66 81-0 F: +49 (30) 65 66 81-15 Email: info@hms-ag.com URL: www.hms-ag.com HMS Investor Relations contact: GFEI Aktiengesellschaft Hamburger Allee 26-28 60486 Frankfurt am Main T.: +49 (69) 74 30 37-00 F.: +49 (69) 74 30 37-22 Email: investors@hms-ag.com 13.10.2009 financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------