Beter Bed Holding N.V. is publishing its annual report for the financial year 2012 today on its website www.beterbedholding.com.
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Beter Bed Holding N.V. will take place on Thursday, 25 April 2013 at 14.00 hours CET at the Hilton Hotel, Apollolaan 138 in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The agenda for the AGM as well as the notice is available on www.beterbedholding.com.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Beter Bed Holding aims to contribute positively to society on a daily basis. We believe our activities must be beneficial to humans, animals and the planet, and thus also to our customers, employees and business partners. We regard growth as being about much more than maximising revenue alone, and firmly believe that this view both benefits our financial performance and reputation and leads to greater satisfaction in our work. We aim to both do things right and do the right thing, always in a financially prudent manner.
We outline below what consecutive steps we have taken in recent years in developing our CSR policy.
We presented our first-ever vision statement in the 2010 annual report: 'In all countries in which we operate, we aim to become the market leader in the value-for-money segment of the bed and mattress market, in a socially responsible manner.' As well as setting out the vision statement, the 2010 annual report also provides transparency on the Beter Bed Holding Code of Conduct.
For the first time in 2011, the group published a consolidated report in which it accounted for the way CSR is implemented at the company. We disclosed both our performances for 2011 and 2010 and our non-financial objectives (related to people and the environment) for the coming years in accordance with the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) at the application level C.
In the 2012 annual report, we set out our CSR activities and results in light of the long-term (non-financial) targets and objectives set in 2012. Among other things we set out our achievements in 2012 in terms of consumer and employee health and satisfaction, suppliers, stakeholders, the environment and recycling.
Profile
Beter Bed Holding N.V. operates in the European bedroom furnishings market. Its activities include retail trade through a total of 1,219 stores at the end of 2012 that operate via the chains Beter Bed (active in the Netherlands and Belgium), Matratzen Concord (active in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium), El Gigante del Colchón (active in Spain), BeddenREUS and Slaapgenoten (both active in the Netherlands) and Schlafberater.com (active in Germany). Beter Bed Holding is also active in the field of developing and wholesaling branded products in the bedroom furnishing sector in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom via its subsidiary DBC International. Beter Bed Holding N.V. achieved net revenue of € 397.3 million in 2012. More than 65% of the group's net revenue is realised outside the Netherlands. The company has been listed on the NYSE Euronext Amsterdam since 1996 and is included in the Amsterdam Small Cap Index.
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.nl
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