EANS-Adhoc: PUMA SE PUMA's CEO to step down at the end of March 2013
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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)
12.12.2012
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Step Down/ CEO
PUMA SE (ISIN: DE00069696303 WKN: 696960)
PUMA WAY 1, D-91074 Herzogenaurach
PUMA's CEO to step down at the end of March 2013
Herzogenaurach, Germany, 12 December 2012 - The Administrative Board of PUMA SE
announced today that, by mutual agreement, Franz Koch will step down from his
position as CEO of PUMA and member of the Group Executive Committee of PPR SA,
the main shareholder of PUMA SE, at the end of March 2013.
Jochen Zeitz' resignation as Administrative Board Chairman as of December 1,
2012 marks the end of a chapter in the history of PUMA. The company is
therefore entering a new phase in its development and is changing its top
management structure to take on those challenges.
Franz Koch will remain CEO of PUMA until the end of March, and work in close
collaboration with the new Chairman of the Administrative Board, Jean-François
Palus, also PPR Group Managing Director, in order to secure PUMA's on-going
operational transformation and generate profitable growth.
Media Contact:
Ulf Santjer - Corporate Communications - PUMA SE - +49 9132 81 2489 -
ulf.santjer@puma.com
Further inquiry note:
Ulf Santjer - Corporate Communications - PUMA SE - +49 9132 81 2489 -
ulf.santjer@puma.com
end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: PUMA SE
PUMA Way 1
D-91074 Herzogenaurach
phone: +49 (0)9132 81 0
FAX: +49 (0)9132 81-2246
mail: investor-relations@puma.com
WWW: http://about.puma.com/?lang=de
sector: Consumer Goods
ISIN: DE0006969603
indexes: Midcap Market Index, MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, HDAX, Prime All
Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing: München, regulated dealing/prime standard:
Frankfurt
language: English