euro adhoc: PANDATEL AG
Layoffs & Downsizing
Ad hoc disclosure pursuant to
Art. 15 WpHG
Pandatel Reaches Agreement with Workers Council
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16.12.2005
Hamburg, December 16, 2005. Pandatel AG, a publicly traded company at the German Prime standard market (ISIN DE0006916307), and a specialist for the Ethernet and optical networking products, announces that it has signed a social plan with the Workers Council for its Hamburg location in the course of operations restructuring. Upon the completion of the restructuring, total number of Pandatel employees in Germany will probably decrease from current 100 people to about 30.
About Pandatel Pandatel is a German corporation based in Hamburg. Pandatel was formed in 1988 as Pan Dacom Telekommunikation GmbH. It went to public at Frankfurt Prime standard in November 1999. Pandatel provides Ethernet and data connectivity, multiplexing, and protocol conversion products such as Ethernet copper or fiber optic converters and multiplexers, Ethernet-over- SDH/Sonet, SDH/Sonet-over-Ethernet, and optical multi-wavelength transport products for enterprise customers. Pandatel currently sells its products through its regional offices and subsidiaries in France, UK, and Singapore. The companys current operations, product strategy will be reviewed during the restructuring. OEM partnership such as Dowslakes business model will be explored to expand market presence. For more information about Pandatel, please visit www.pandatel.com
end of announcement euro adhoc 16.12.2005 15:46:26
Further inquiry note:
Christina Kunze
Tel.: +49 (0)40 644 14 187
E-Mail: cku@pandatel.com
Branche: Telecommunications Equipment
ISIN: DE0006916307
WKN: 691630
Index: Prime All Share
Börsen: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / regulated dealing/prime
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