EANS-Adhoc: LifeWatch AG: Kenneth Melani designated as new Chairman. Yacov Geva will continue to act as the Corporate CEO. (with document)
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)/Company Information/LifeWatch AG 25.03.2013 Neuhausen am Rheinfall/Switzerland - LifeWatch AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE), the leading provider of wireless telemedicine, today announces a change for the Chair of its Board of Directors. Subject to his re-election at the upcoming ordinary shareholder meeting on May 29, 2013, the current Board member Kenneth Melani will then take the Chair of the Board of Directors. The present Chairman and CEO Dr. Yacov Geva will continue to act as the Corporate CEO of LifeWatch AG. You will find a PDF-version of this press release at the end of this message. LifeWatch AG announces today that its Board member Kenneth Melani will take the Chair of the Board of Directors from Dr. Yacov Geva subject to his re-election at the upcoming ordinary shareholder meeting on May 29, 2013. On the occasion of the extraordinary shareholder meeting on January 23, 2013, Kenneth Melani was elected a member of the Board based on his longstanding experience and intimate knowledge of the U.S. healthcare system. Currently, the Company is creating about 99% of its revenues in the United States. The long-time Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LifeWatch AG, Dr. Yacov Geva, will continue to act as the Corporate CEO in order to grow the existing and future business of the Company together with the new Chairman Kenneth Melani. Kenneth R. Melani (born 1954, citizen of the U.S.) is the former president and chief executive officer of Highmark, a health insurance company based in Pittsburgh and the largest health insurer in Pennsylvania. He graduated in 1975 with a chemistry degree and enrolled later in the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina before specializing in adult internal medicine. In 1982, he started his own practice in Pennsylvania. Later he began to take on work for West Penn Cares, a company of West Penn-affiliated physicians, developing business opportunities with a commercial blood laboratory and in- home intravenous therapy devices. In 1989, he was appointed chief medical officer for Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania. During this time, Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania merged with Harrisburg's Pennsylvania Blue Shield and the company was re-christened Highmark. Kenneth Melani was awarded W&J College's "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" in 2009. About LifeWatch AG: LifeWatch AG, headquartered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (LIFE), Switzerland, is the leading healthcare technology and solution company, specializing in advanced telehealth systems and wireless remote patient monitoring services. LifeWatch services cater to individuals, ranging from high-risk and chronically ill patients, to consumers of health and wellness products. LifeWatch AG has operative subsidiaries in the United States, in Switzerland and in Israel and is the parent company of LifeWatch Services Inc., and LifeWatch Technologies, Ltd. LifeWatch Services, Inc. is a leading US-based provider of cardiac monitoring services and home sleep testing of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). LifeWatch Technologies Ltd., based in Israel, is a leading developer and manufacturer of telemedicine products. The Company is planning to introduce the LifeWatch V, an Android-based smartphone with medical sensors and apps that uses a cloud-based service platform. For additional information, please visit www.lifewatch.com. Sign-up for customized E-mail alerts and documentation requests is available at http://production.investis.com/lifewatch/alert-service/ This press release includes forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this press release, including statements regarding future results of operations and financial position, business strategy and plans and objectives for future operations, are forward- looking statements. The words "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend,""expect" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. LifeWatch AG has based these forward-looking statements largely on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect the financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, short term and long term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances described may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward- looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based only on data available to LifeWatch AG at the time of the issue of this press release. LifeWatch AG does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT BEING ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SHOULD NOT BE DISTRIBUTED TO UNITED STATES PERSONS OR PUBLICATIONS WITH A GENERAL CIRCULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THIS PRESS RELEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OF SECURITIES OF LIFEWATCH AG OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES OR AN INVITATION TO SUBSCRIBE FOR OR PURCHASE ANY SECURITIES OF LIFEWATCH AG OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES IN THE UNITED STATES. IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES OF LIFEWATCH AG AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO U.S. PERSONS ABSENT REGISTRATION UNDER OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES LAWS. ANY PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES TO BE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE MADE BY MEANS OF A PROSPECTUS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM LIFEWATCH AG OR ITS SUBSIDIARIES, AS APPLICABLE, AND WILL CONTAIN DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER AND ITS MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ISSUER. Attachments with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/jG8iMykS Further inquiry note: Sensus Communication Consultants, Zürich: Tel +41 43 366 55 11 | Fax +41 43 366 55 12 | Email lifewatch@sensus.ch end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachments with Announcement: ---------------------------------------------- http://resources.euroadhoc.com/us/jG8iMykS issuer: LifeWatch AG Rundbuckstrasse 6 CH-8212 Neuhausen am Rheinfall phone: +41 52 632 00 50 FAX: +41 52 632 00 51 mail: users@lifewatch.com WWW: www.lifewatch.com sector: Healthcare Providers ISIN: CH0012815459 indexes: SPI, SPIEX stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Open Market / XETRA: Frankfurt, Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange language: English