Andreas Lange has resigned from his role as Managing Director, with effect as of 12 November 2012. The reasons for his resignation are the change in shareholders and the strategic changes in Altira AG, the sole shareholder and general partner of Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA.

Mr. Lange assumed his role as Managing Director in April of 2011, having previously been a member of the Supervisory Board of Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA, with the aim of completing the company's restructuring and then passing operations on to a successor. Business operations will be managed for the moment exclusively by Mr. Hans-Dieter Tresser, who became Managing Director of Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co.

KGaA in September 2012 with the responsibility for the Finance division.