EANS-News: Delticom AG´s Supervisory Board appoints two new members to Managing
Board
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Hanover (euro adhoc) - 21 March 2012 - In yesterday´s meeting, the Supervisory
Board of Delticom AG (WKN 514680, ISIN DE0005146807, stock exchange symbol DEX)
appointed two additional members to the company´s Management Board.
With immediate effect, Mrs Susann Dörsel-Müller (37) takes over the
responsibility for operations centre and customer relations activities, while Mr
Sascha Jürgensen (44) will be in charge for logistics. Both Delticom managers
have headed the daily operations in their respective fields for several years
and reported directly to the Management Board. Mrs Dörsel-Müller has been with
the company since 2000 while Mr Jürgensen joined in 2006. The previous board
members Rainer Binder (Co-CEO), Philip von Grolman (Co-CEO) and Frank Schuhardt
(CFO) extended their contracts by five years.
Since the IPO in 2006, Delticom has nearly tripled annual sales and increased
earnings more than fivefold. With over 100 online shops in 41 countries the
Group is Europe´s leading online tyre retailer. The new Management Board remains
committed to both continuity and further profitable growth.
As already announced, Delticom will publish its 2011 annual report tomorrow.
Group revenues grew year-on-year by 14.4% to EUR 480.0 million while EBIT
improved by 11.2% to EUR 52.9 million. Consolidated net income came to EUR 36.0
million or EUR 3.04 per share (undiluted). At the Annual General Meeting on
30.04.2012, the Board will propose a dividend of EUR 2.95 per share - an
increase of 8.5% compared to the dividend for financial year 2010 of EUR 2.72.
Delticom will publish its 2011 financial statements on 22 March 2012 on its
Website www.delti.com in the Investor Relations section.
Company profile:
Delticom, Europe's leading online tyre retailer, was founded in Hanover in 1999.
With more than 100 online shops in 41 countries, the company offers its private
and business customers an unequalled assortment of excellently priced car tyres,
motorcycle tyres, bicycle tyres, truck tyres, bus tyres, special tyres, rims,
complete wheels (pre-mounted tyres on rims), selected replacement car parts and
accessories, motor oil and batteries. The independent website reifentest.com
contains impartial information about tyre tests and helps the customers choose
from more than 100 tyre brands and more than 25,000 tyre models. Delticom
delivers either directly to the customer's home address, or to one of more than
30,000 service partners - affiliated garages which take delivery of tyres and
then install these on the customer's vehicle. Delticom's Wholesale division also
sells tyres to wholesalers domestically and abroad.
On the Internet at: www.delti.com
Selected online shops: www.reifendirekt.de, www.123pneus.fr, www.mytyres.co.uk,
www.reifendirekt.ch
Further inquiry note:
Delticom AG Investor Relations
Melanie Gereke
Brühlstraße 11
30169 Hannover
Tel.: +49 (0)511-936 34-8903
Fax: +49 (0)89-208081147
e-mail: melanie.gereke@delti.com
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company: Delticom AG
Brühlstraße 11
D-30169 Hannover
phone: +49 (0)511 93634 8903
FAX: +49 (0)511 336116 55
mail: info@delti.com
WWW: http://www.delti.com
sector: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005146807
indexes: SDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated
dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English