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KEBA New ownership structure - shareholders regulate succession _2007-08-02
To ensure the continuing success of the company, Karl Kletzmaier, hitherto major shareholder, and owner and cofounder of the company Gunther Krippner have regulated the succession to the company.
Image: from left to right: Ing. Franz Höller (Technical Director), KR Ing. Karl Kletzmaier (Supervisory Board Chairman), Ing. Mag. Gerhard Luftensteiner (Chairman of the Board)
KEBA AG was one of the first electronics companies in Austria. In 1970, Karl Kletzmaier established Elektronikbau Krippner & Kletzmaier together with Gunther Krippner, thus laying the foundation for today's KEBA AG. Just under 40 years later, the company, based in Upper Austria, is an internationally successful automation specialist generating a total group turnover of more than 100m euros and with a workforce of 730 in Europe. The group also employs 192 people in its recently established joint venture CBPM-KEBA in Beijing/China.
Internal regulation of succession: The Kletzmaier family remain controlling shareholders with a stake of 55 %
In June 2007, the succession within the company was regulated internally in the interests of plotting a course for further successful development of KEBA AG. Karl Kletzmaier, Supervisory Board Chairman of KEBA AG: "The process of preparing the ground for handing over management of the company to the younger generation began some years ago and was completed with my transfer to the Supervisory Board in 2006. And now I am delighted to announce that we have regulated the succession internally in order to ensure the continued development of KEBA, as a stable ownership structure is the precondition for the continuing success of KEBA AG.“
Karl Kletzmaier hands over shares to his daughters Majority shareholder Karl Kletzmaier has transferred the major part (36 %) of his shares in KEBA AG to his daughters, Barbara und Martina Kletzmaier (both 30 years old). The new shareholders have placed their stake of 18 % each in the KEBA AG in the KLH Beteiligungsgesellschaft, in which they now each hold a share of 35.295 %.
Via the Kletzmaier Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Karl Kletzmaier still holds a direct stake of 19 % of the shares of KEBA AG. Thus, the Kletzmaier family retains the controlling interest in KEBA AG via the holding company, with 55% of the shares.
Co-ownership for the Board of the KEBA AG
Founder Gunther Krippner, who withdrew from KEBA AG in 1997, has sold his 15% stake in KEBA AG to Chairman of the Board Gerhard Luftensteiner and Technical Director Franz Höller. These shares were invested in the newly founded KLH Beteiligungsges.m.b.H., in which Gerhard Luftensteiner now holds 19.61 % and Franz Höller 9.8 %.
"In the 20 years in which I have been with the company, Gunther Krippner and Karl Kletzmaier have always offered me challenging tasks and opportunities. For me, the chance to gain a stake in the company is an expression of my confidence that, together with fellow member of the Board Franz Höller, I can continue to make a significant contribution to advancing KEBA as its founders intended“, states Chairman Gerhard Luftensteiner.
New shareholder structure of the KEBA AG
The new shareholder structure of the KEBA AG is as follows:
New ownership structure of KEBA AG:Barbara and Martina Kletzmaier
The new shareholders, Barbara and Martina Kletzmaier, are 30 years old. Barbara Kletzmaier studied international economic science at the University of Innsbruck. After working for the Siemens AG in Vienna for four years, she moved to Siemens Limited China as Commercial Manager in 2005 and has worked in Shanghai since that date. Her sister Martina studied commercial science at the Economic University of Vienna. After working for Philips Austria/Sagem Austria GmbH for three years, she moved to the OMV R&M GmbH in 2004, where she has worked in the strategy unit since the beginning of 2006.
Internal regulation of succession: The Kletzmaier family remain controlling shareholders with a stake of 55 %
In June 2007, the succession within the company was regulated internally in the interests of plotting a course for further successful development of KEBA AG. Karl Kletzmaier, Supervisory Board Chairman of KEBA AG: "The process of preparing the ground for handing over management of the company to the younger generation began some years ago and was completed with my transfer to the Supervisory Board in 2006. And now I am delighted to announce that we have regulated the succession internally in order to ensure the continued development of KEBA, as a stable ownership structure is the precondition for the continuing success of KEBA AG.“
Karl Kletzmaier hands over shares to his daughters Majority shareholder Karl Kletzmaier has transferred the major part (36 %) of his shares in KEBA AG to his daughters, Barbara und Martina Kletzmaier (both 30 years old). The new shareholders have placed their stake of 18 % each in the KEBA AG in the KLH Beteiligungsgesellschaft, in which they now each hold a share of 35.295 %.
Via the Kletzmaier Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Karl Kletzmaier still holds a direct stake of 19 % of the shares of KEBA AG. Thus, the Kletzmaier family retains the controlling interest in KEBA AG via the holding company, with 55% of the shares.
Co-ownership for the Board of the KEBA AG
Founder Gunther Krippner, who withdrew from KEBA AG in 1997, has sold his 15% stake in KEBA AG to Chairman of the Board Gerhard Luftensteiner and Technical Director Franz Höller. These shares were invested in the newly founded KLH Beteiligungsges.m.b.H., in which Gerhard Luftensteiner now holds 19.61 % and Franz Höller 9.8 %.
"In the 20 years in which I have been with the company, Gunther Krippner and Karl Kletzmaier have always offered me challenging tasks and opportunities. For me, the chance to gain a stake in the company is an expression of my confidence that, together with fellow member of the Board Franz Höller, I can continue to make a significant contribution to advancing KEBA as its founders intended“, states Chairman Gerhard Luftensteiner.
New shareholder structure of the KEBA AG
The new shareholder structure of the KEBA AG is as follows:
New ownership structure of KEBA AG:
- Kletzmaier family 55 %
- Robert Kralowetz 30 %
- Gerhard Luftensteiner 10 %
- Franz Höller 5 %
The new shareholders, Barbara and Martina Kletzmaier, are 30 years old. Barbara Kletzmaier studied international economic science at the University of Innsbruck. After working for the Siemens AG in Vienna for four years, she moved to Siemens Limited China as Commercial Manager in 2005 and has worked in Shanghai since that date. Her sister Martina studied commercial science at the Economic University of Vienna. After working for Philips Austria/Sagem Austria GmbH for three years, she moved to the OMV R&M GmbH in 2004, where she has worked in the strategy unit since the beginning of 2006.
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