The Supervisory Board of Beter Bed Holding N.V. intends to appoint
Ton Anbeek (47) as successor of Frans Geelen effective 1 March 2010.
Frans Geelen who has led the company since 1 January 2001, announced
in April of this year to leave the company at the Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders in April 2010 at the latest.
Ton Anbeek will become acquainted with the company during the months
of January and February and will assume all of Frans Geelen's
responsibilities and authorities as Chief Executive Officer on 1
March 2010. The proposed appointment will be submitted to the
shareholders and the works council in accordance with the articles of
association and the applicable statutory regulations.
Ton Anbeek has since early 2007 served as Chief Executive Officer of
Koninklijke Auping BV, a Dutch bedding company active in a number of
European countries. Prior to his current position, he held various
managerial positions in the Netherlands and abroad at Unilever for 20
years. In 1987 he received a master's degree in management at the
Erasmus University Rotterdam and in 1988 he received a master's
degree in Organisational Psychology at the University of Utrecht.
Profile
Beter Bed operates in the European bedroom furnishings market. Its
activities include retail trade through a total of approximately
1,050 stores that operate via the chains Beter Bed (active in the
Netherlands), Matratzen Concord (active in Germany, the Netherlands,
Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Poland), El Gigante del Colchón
(active in Spain), BeddenReus, Dormaël and Slaapgenoten (all three
active in the Netherlands) and MAV (active in Germany). Beter Bed
Holding is also active in the field of developing and wholesaling
branded products in the bedroom furnishings sector in the
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Spain via its subsidiary DBC
International. Beter Bed Holding achieved net revenue of
¤ 358.6 million in 2008. The company has been listed on Euronext
Amsterdam since December 1996. The Beter Bed Holding share is
included in the Amsterdam Small Cap Index.
For more information, please contact: Frans Geelen, Chief Executive
Officer
Tel. +31 (0)413 338819 / Fax +31 (0)413 338829 / Mob. +31 (0)6
29565517
E-mail: frans.geelen@beterbed.nl / Website: www.beterbedholding.com
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