2011 Annual Report including Corporate Social Responsibility report
Beter Bed Holding N.V. is publishing its annual report for the financial year
2011 today on its websitewww.beterbedholding.com.
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Beter Bed Holding N.V. will take
place on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 at 14.00 hours CET at the Hilton Hotel,
Apollolaan 138, Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The agenda for the AGM is also
available on the website, as well as the notice
(http://www.beterbedholding.com/corporate+governance/shareholders/notice).
Corporate Social Responsibility
In 2011, Beter Bed Holding began reporting on its Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) policy. In the 2010 annual report also the vision statement
of the company is published: ´In every country in which we operate, we intend to
become the market leader in the value-for-money segment of the bed and mattress
market, in a socially responsible manner´. When adopting this vision statement,
also transparency is provided in the 2010 annual report on the Beter Bed Holding
Code of Conduct. In annual report 2011, the company is taking reporting on our
CSR activities and results one step further. For 2011, in an integrated report,
is accounted for the manner in which CSR is implemented in the company. Beter
Bed Holding does this by reporting both on the performance in 2011 and on the
objectives for the next years, in accordance with the guidelines of the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) at application level C.
Profile
Beter Bed Holding N.V. operates in the European bedroom furnishings market. Its
activities include retail trade through a total of 1,187 stores at year-end
2011 that operate via the chains Beter Bed (the Netherlands and Belgium),
Matratzen Concord (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and
Poland), El Gigante del Colchón (Spain), BeddenREUS, Dormaël Slaapkamers and
Slaapgenoten (all three active in the Netherlands) and MAV (Germany). Beter Bed
Holding is also engaged in developing and wholesaling branded products in the
bedroom furnishings sector in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Austria,
Switzerland and Turkey via its subsidiary DBC International. Beter Bed Holding
achieved net revenue of EUR 397.0 million in 2011. A total of 63% of the group´s
net revenue is generated outside the Netherlands. The company has been listed on
NYSE Euronext Amsterdam since December 1996. Beter Bed Holding shares are traded
on the Amsterdam Small Cap Index.
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For more information, please contact: Ton Anbeek, Chief Executive Officer
Tel. +31 (0)413 338819 / Fax +31 (0)413 338829 / Mob. +31 (0)6 53662838
E-mail:ton.anbeek@beterbed.nl / Website: www.beterbedholding.com
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