Publication of inside information pursuant to Sections 56.1, 56.6 of the Polish Public Offering Act - komunikat spółki UNIWHEELS AG (uniwheels) - komunikat ESPI

2016-04-27 10:57:40

Komunikat spółki

COMMON REPORT


POLISH FINANCIAL SUPERVISION AUTHORITY

		UNI - EN REPORT No		9	/	2016

Date of issue:	2016-04-27

Short name of the issuer
UNIWHEELS AG

Subject
Publication of inside information pursuant to Sections 56.1, 56.6 of the Polish Public Offering Act

Official market - legal basis


Unofficial market - legal basis


Contents of the report:
Publication of inside information pursuant to Sections 56.1, 56.6 of the Polish Public Offering Act Current report no. 09/2016 dated 27 April 2016 UNIWHEELS AG expands the management board - Dr. Wolfgang Hiller appointed as Chief Operating Officer and Head of the Accessory Division At its meeting on 26 April 2016, the Supervisory Board of UNIWHEELS AG passed a resolution to appoint Dr. Wolfgang Hiller as an additional member to the Management Board effective 1 June 2016. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Dr. Hiller will be in charge of the production plants and is also assigned responsible for the Accessory Division. The other members of the Management Board are Dr. Thomas Buchholz (CEO and Chairman) and Dr. Karsten Obenaus (CFO). Dr. Hiller has many years of international experience in the automobile industry. His most recent post was at Buderus-Guss, Breidenbach, a brake manufacturer, where he was CEO. Prior to this appointment he spent many years at Bosch in Japan and Thailand, where he was a board member and senior managing director. Dr. Hiller completed his masters degree in physics in 1987 and earned his doctorate at the University of Bonn in physics and computer sciences. The Supervisory Board is very pleased to have won such an internationally experienced executive for the Management Board and is convinced that he is the perfect match to accompany the strong growth in the group s production as the new plant in Poland goes into operation. Dr. Hiller will also focus on continued expansion of the Accessory business marketed under the UNIWHEELS brands, ATS, RIAL, ALUTEC and ANZIO. About us: The UNIWHEELS Group is one of the leading producers of alloy wheels for cars in Europe. Worldwide it is one of a small number of technology leaders in the aluminium wheel sector. UNIWHEELS is Europe s third largest manufacturer of wheels supplying OEMs in the automobile industry and is the leading producer of alloy wheels for the aftermarket in Europe. The group s most well known proprietary brands are ATS, RIAL, ALUTEC and ANZIO. Currently the group has three production plants of which two are in Poland (Stalowa Wola) and one in Germany (Werdohl). The new plant (No. 4) will go into operation in the middle of the year and increase the group s maximum annual production capacity by roughly 2 million wheels. UNIWHEELS views itself as one of the leading partners of the automobile industry when it comes to reducing CO2 emissions by means of weight-savings with alloy wheels. In addition to low-weight designs, the following processes are used by the group: Flowforming, Lightforming, Undercut and Forgecut. UNIWHEELS AG Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str. 10 67098 Bad Dürkheim Deutschland www.uniwheels.com

Annexes
File			Description

UNIWHEELS AG

(fullname of the issuer)

UNIWHEELS AG

(short name of the issuer)

(sector according to clasification of the WSE in Warsow)

67098

Bad Durkheim

(post code)

(city)

Gustav-Kirchhoff-Strasse

10-18

(street)

(number)

+49 0 63 22 9899 6209

+49 0 63 22 9484 481

(phone number)

(fax)

(e-mail)

(web site)

(NIP)

(REGON)


SIGNATURE OF PERSONS REPRESENTING THE COMPANY
Date	Name	Position / Function	Signature
2016-04-27	Czopp	Executive Assistant CFO	MC

Nazwa jednostki:	UNIWHEELS AG
Nazwa skrócona jednoskti:	UNIWHEELS AG
Adres:	Gustav-Kirchhoff-Strasse 10-18, 67098 Bad Durkheim
Telefon:	+49 0 63 22 9899 6209
Fax:	+49 0 63 22 9484 481

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