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Globalpark changes its legal structure
Hürth, 2008/04/06. Globalpark GmbH, a leading provider of online feedback software and services, today announced that its partners have made the decision to convert Globalpark to a public company limited by shares (“Aktiengesellschaft”) with immediate effect. The process will be concluded shortly with the company’s entry into the trade register. The company headquarters will remain in Hürth near Cologne, Germany. Professor Dr. Bernad Batinic, Dr. Lorenz Gräf and Jens Winicker, the three partners of Globalpark GmbH, will retain their shares in the newly-founded company.
Dr. Lorenz Gräf, previously Managing Director of Globalpark GmbH, will become Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Globalpark AG. Professor Dr. Bernad Batinic has been appointed as Chairperson of the Supervisory Board. The other members of the Supervisory Board are Dr. Richard C. Geibel, Managing Director of the “Center for Scientific Entrepreneurship and Transfer” (CENSET) in Cologne, Dr. Richard Herrmann, member of the Management Board of the financial service provider Heubeck in Cologne, Olaf Hofmann, founder and Managing Director of the market research institute Skopos in Hürth, Florian H.W. Schmidt, Managing Director of the law firm Watrin & Schmidt in Cologne, and Jens Winicker, owner and Managing Director of the IFAK Institute for Market and Social Research in the city of Taunusstein.
Since Globalpark was founded in 1999, the company has risen to become the market leader for online feedback software in German-speaking countries and is among the world’s top five suppliers in the industry. The company is now preparing for future challenges by changing its legal status. “We aim to position Globalpark as one of the world’s top suppliers of software and services for online feedback,” explains Dr. Lorenz Gräf, Chief Executive Officer of Globalpark AG. “The switch to a public company is a key prerequisite for achieving this goal because it creates the foundation for further above-average growth and fast geographical expansion”.
About Globalpark
Globalpark, headquartered near Cologne and with offices in London, New York and Vienna, is one of the leading international suppliers of online feedback software for market research, human resources, marketing and customer-relations management. Within the German-speaking world, Globalpark is market leader in these fields. More than 1,000 satisfied clients worldwide use Globalpark software.
Over 350 of these clients are international groups, leading market research institutes and consulting firms. Globalpark’s customers include renowned companies such as Continental, Daimler, Deutsche Lufthansa, Deutsche Telekom, the GfK Group, Siemens, Warner Music and Wrigley.
For further information on Globalpark, please visit globalpark.com.
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Zacharias de Groote, Corporate Communications, Globalpark AG, Tel. +49 2233 7933 6,
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