DGAP-News: Tipp24 SE (english)

Apr 6, 2011 7:05 PM

Tipp24 SE: Executive Board expanded to three members DGAP-News: Tipp24 SE / Key word(s): Change of Personnel Tipp24 SE: Executive Board expanded to three members 06.04.2011 / 17:04 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tipp24 SE: Executive Board expanded to three members Marcus Geiss and Petra von Strombeck return to Executive Board (Hamburg, 6 April 2011) The Supervisory Board of Tipp24 SE has resolved to expand the Executive Board as of 1 July 2011 with the addition of two extra members. The former Executive Board members Marcus Geiss (40) and Petra von Strombeck (41) will return to Tipp24 SE in their old positions. They left the Executive Board at the end of March 2009 due to regulatory restrictions. Geiss, currently CEO of Giochi24, will be responsible in future for the Corporate Development and New Markets divisions. Von Strombeck, currently working as a business consultant, will take over the Sales, Marketing and Brand Management divisions. 'In Marcus Geiss and Petra von Strombeck, two former Executive Board members are returning to the company who already worked very successfully for Tipp24 in the past. We are now ideally prepared for the national and international challenges that lie ahead,' states Dr. Cornehl. By expanding its Executive Board, Tipp24 is laying the foundation for further sustainable growth. Dr. Hans Cornehl will be Chairman of the expanded Executive Board. He has been leading Tipp24 SE as the sole member of the Executive Board since 1 October 2009. He remains responsible for Strategy, Investor Relations, Communication, HR and Finance. About Tipp24 SE: Tipp24 SE (formerly Tipp24 AG) was founded in September 1999 and holds equity interests in a number of companies in Spain, Italy and the UK, which enable participation in lottery-based games via the Internet, especially via the websites www.ventura24.es, www.giochi24.it, www.mylotto24.co.uk and www.tipp24.com. In Germany, Tipp24 Entertainment GmbH operates the games platform www.tipp24games.de. From its foundation to the end of 2008, Tipp24 SE brokered tickets worth over 1.5 billion euros to the state lottery companies - in recent years over 330 million euros annually. Following its successful IPO in 2005 (Prime Standard), the company was admitted to the SDAX index in June 2009 and has been trading as a European public limited company since December 2009. Photos available on request. Press contact: Tipp24 SE Andrea Fratini Head of Media and Public Relations Tel.: +49 40 32 55 33-660 E-mail: presse@tipp24.de Internet: www.tipp24-se.de/presse/ End of Corporate News --------------------------------------------------------------------- 06.04.2011 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Tipp24 SE Straßenbahnring 11 20251 Hamburg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)40 325533-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 325533-77 E-mail: office@tipp24.de Internet: www.tipp24-se.de ISIN: DE0007847147 WKN: 784714 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 118732 06.04.2011 Weitere Informationen: www.dpa-AFX.de