Semperit extends CEO’s Management Board mandate

CEO’s-ManagementIn the constituent meeting held on April 26, the Supervisory Board of Semperit AG Holding, an internationally-oriented manufacturer of industrial rubber and plastic products, extended the Management Board mandate of Chairman Thomas Fahnemann for another term until 31 December 2019.Michele Melchiorre has also been newly appointed as Chief Technical Officer and member of the Management Board effective from June 2016. Melchiorre, 51 years old, is a native Italian and studied engineering in Aachen. He held leading positions in the automotive and aircraft industries with globally operating companies such as Daimler-Chrysler, Fiat and Bombardier. Melchiorre’s main responsibility will be the technical operations in the Industrial Sector, while member of the Management Board Richard Ehrenfeldner will focus on the development of the Sempermed segment.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, VeitSorger says, “The target growth of Semperit in the glove business, in particular the expansion of our operations in Malaysia, calls for a stronger focus of the Management Board especially on operative-technical issues in the coming years. Richard Ehrenfeldner is predestined to push Sempermed’s further development due to his extensive experience in the glove business.”

The 127th ordinary Annual General Meeting of Semperit AG Holding, among other topics,has also resolved to distribute a dividend of EUR 1.20 per share (previous year: EUR 1.10 plus special dividend EUR 4.90) for the financial year 2015. The ex-dividend day is scheduled for May 3, 2016. The dividend payout date has been set for May 6.

Management and Supervisory Boards were granted discharge. In addition, Stephan B. Tanda was newly elected to the Supervisory Board. The mandate of Andreas Schmidradner was extended. In the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board, VeitSorger was confirmed in his function as Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Felix Strohbichler as his Deputy Chairman.

 

Source: Semperit