Nov. 5, 2009 (Hugin AS) --
Ton Anbeek was appointed Statutory Director and Chief Executive
Officer of the company effective 1 March 2010 at the Extraordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders of Beter Bed Holding N.V. held today.
He will succeed Frans Geelen who will retire on the same date.
Ton Anbeek, who will take up employment with Beter Bed Holding
effective 1 January 2010, has since early 2007 served as Chief
Executive Officer of Koninklijke Auping BV, which is a Dutch bedding
company that has activities in a number of European countries. Prior
to this position, he held various managerial positions in the
Netherlands and abroad at Unilever (NYSE:UL) 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.
Frans Geelen has led the company as Chief Executive Officer since 1
January 2001. He announced in April of this year to leave the company
at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders in April 2010 at the
latest.
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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