Globus co-owner René Benko will withdraw from Signa
Published: Friday, Nov 3rd 2023, 14:01
Updated At: Saturday, Nov 4th 2023, 00:54
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Austrian investor Rene Benko is about to step down as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Signa Holding. The real estate and retail company based in Innsbruck and Vienna owns half of the Globus Group in Switzerland.
The German restructuring expert Arndt Geiwitz is to replace Benko as chief representative, Signa shareholder Hans-Peter Haselsteiner told "Ö1-Mittagsjournal" on Friday. "The shareholders have taken note of this step approvingly and positively."
Signa could not be reached for comment at short notice.
Several shareholders, including Haselsteiner, had asked Benko in a personal letter to withdraw from the advisory board of Signa-Holding and to transfer his voting rights in trust. "Benko responded positively to this request," says Haselsteiner.
For his part, Benko now wanted to know "whether the shareholders would also be prepared to make a contribution to the restructuring of the group with such an extensive solution", Haselsteiner added. Although the investor was basically on course and had agreed to the shareholders' demands, "but not yet in full". Talks are still ongoing and, according to Haselsteiner, a solution could be found over the coming weekend.
Benko has no operational function on paper, but holds direct and indirect shares in the group via foundations. The managing directors of Signa Holding are Marcus Mühlberger and Christoph Stadlhuber.
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