EANS-News: freenet AG
Maarten Henderson new chairman of the freenet AG
Supervisory Board
01.07.2011 – 07:56
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Management Changes/Annual & Special Corporate Meetings Büdelsdorf, 1 July 2011 (euro adhoc) - In yesterday´s session, the Supervisory Board of freenet AG elected Mr. Maarten Henderson as its new chairman. The Netherlands native took office immediately, replacing Mr. Thorsten Kraemer. Maarten Henderson has sat on freenet´s Supervisory Board since the Annual General Meeting 2009. Maarten Henderson studied in Hamburg and worked for the Philips group for many years, most recently as CFO of Philips Kommunikations Industrie AG. From 2000 to 2004, he worked at the Dutch telecoms company KPN, also as CFO, and therefore brings a comprehensive telecommunications industry expertise to his new role. After KPN, Henderson held positions including CFO at Nuon NV, one of the Netherlands´ two major energy providers; CFO at Getronics NV, a publicly listed international IT company; and various management and supervisory board positions internationally. Henderson lives in Hamburg with his family. Further inquiry note: freenet AG Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (0)40 51306-778 E-Mail: ir@freenet.ag end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: freenet AG Hollerstraße 126 D-24782 Büdelsdorf phone: +49 (0)4331 691000 mail: ir@freenet.ag WWW: http://www.freenet-group.de sector: Telecommunications ISIN: DE000A0Z2ZZ5 indexes: Midcap Market Index, TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share stockmarkets: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München language: English