euro adhoc: Lycos Europe N.V. / Dr. Fred Wilsdorf appointed new Chief Financial Officer of LYCOS Europe N.V.

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22.03.2007

Dr. Fred Wilsdorf appointed new Chief Financial Officer of LYCOS
Europe N.V.

Haarlem / Netherlands. Dr. Fred Wilsdorf (50) will be the new Chief
Financial Officer of LYCOS Europe with effect from May 1, 2007. On
this date, Dr. Wilsdorf will take over as CFO from Ms. Lydia
Lux-Schmitt, who left the company on September 30, 2006. Dr. Wilsdorf
was born in Hamburg in 1957. He graduated in business studies in
Hamburg. From 1983 to 1988 he did a doctorate at the Universität der
Bundeswehr, Hamburg. Also in 1988 he took an examination as a tax
consultant and joined the financial division of Daimler Benz AG,
Stuttgart. From mid-1989 until the end of 2003, Dr. Wilsdorf took on
various, increasingly responsible posi-tions, most recently as
Director of Finance and Accounting / central controlling / investor
relations at Axel Springer AG in Hamburg. Apart from being
responsible for about 260 members of staff, his area of
responsibility included business process analysis and optimization,
the development of fi-nancing plans for major acquisitions, the
preparation of rating processes, drawing up and overseeing the
implementation of cost-cutting programs, the reorganization of
planning processes, and the implementation of merger and acquisition
projects and sales of companies involving purchase prices of up to
EUR 5 billion. In 2004, Dr. Wilsdorf became CFO at L. Possehl & Co.
mbH, Lübeck. His area responsibility there comprised the holding
areas of balance sheet, controlling, property manage-ment, finance,
information technology, audit and taxation. Since April 2006 Dr. Fred
Wilsdorf had been a self-employed corporate consultant and after that
the Managing Director of a private wealth management company. About
Lycos Europe Lycos Europe (ISIN NL0000233195) is one of the leading
European internet destinations operating a pan-European network of
websites in seven languages. The company's combination of search,
communication services, content channels, Internet access, homepage
building and online communities addresses a wide range of target
groups. The Lycos Europe Network provides an attractive medium not
only for consumers but also for advertisers and e-commerce partners
throughout Europe. Every month about 31 million users visit the Lycos
sites and by Lycos Europe distributed partner sites in Europe. With a
network of websites covering Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland, Lycos Europe
has a large geographical reach in Europe.

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Branche: Software
ISIN: NL0000233195
WKN: 932728
Index: Prime All Share, Technologie All Share
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