Axel Sartingen

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Axel Sartingen (born December 12, 1964 in Dinslaken ) is a German investor , entrepreneur and manager . In the first decade of the 21st century in particular, he was considered one of the shareholders in Germany who often asserted their rights and interests through legal action .

family

Axel Sartingen was born to the couple and teachers Jürgen and Gunhild Sartingen. His mother is many years for the SPD was active, she led the SPD faction in the regional council of the administrative district of Dusseldorf . Today he lives with his family in Cologne .

School, training and study

Axel Sartingen obtained the general university entrance qualification in 1984 at the Konrad-Duden-Gymnasium Wesel . After training as a bank clerk , he studied economics from 1988 to 1992 . He graduated with a degree in economics .

Professional Activities

Management duties

From 1992 to 2002 he worked for Spütz AG , a Düsseldorf securities trading company that went public in 1998. In February 1999, he joined the company's board of directors and was responsible for the annuity business . In the summer of 2001 he left the company.

From 2002 to 2004 he acted as managing partner of M Pool Consulting ( Bonn ), before he became managing partner of Milaco GmbH in 2004. Until the beginning of April 2006 he was also the managing director of Contwin GmbH , a subsidiary of Reclay . At Reclay he was one of the founding shareholders. From 2006 to 2008 he was also a member of the board of Dubai Oasis Capital AG ( Munich ). In addition, he was managing director of Ameril GmbH (formerly Diligentia Zweihundelfte Vermögensverwaltungs-GmbH ) from the end of 2011 to the end of 2018 .

Supervisory board mandates

In the course of his professional career, Axel Sartingen has held several board positions , for example at E-Capital Unternehmensbeteiligungen AG & Co. KGaA , CareMed Medical Produkte AG , bytesites AG , eCapital New Technologies Fonds AG , lizAG , Diligentia 142. Vermögensverwaltungs AG , Value Investors AG , Neue Sentimental Film AG , Dübag Düsseldorfer Beteiligungen AG and Berliner AG für Beteiligungen .

Since October 19, 2012 he has been Chairman of the Gamigo AG Supervisory Board .

shareholder

As of 2003, Axel Sartingen, as a shareholder, frequently filed actions to challenge the resolutions of listed stock corporations . He was considered one of the most complacent private investors. An empirical study from 2007 assigned 39 lawsuits to him. Critics therefore called him a professional plaintiff or a predatory shareholder . Axel Sartingen, however, emphasized: “Nobody willingly gives me the true value of my shares in a squeeze-out ”.

Allianz SE , Axa Versicherung AG , Bayer Aktiengesellschaft , Degussa AG , Deutsche Postbank AG , IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and Premiere AG are among the best-known of the companies affected by the lawsuits .

The background to this was takeovers with subsequent squeeze-outs or domination agreements at the expense of the free shareholders. In many cases, the lawsuits resulted in settlement agreements or decisions by judicial arbitration boards. These provided for higher cash compensation or comparable compensation for the plaintiffs. According to its own information, Axel Sartingen has won around 500 million euros from industry for other free shareholders and himself.

VHF antennas

When Media Broadcast sold all VHF antennas at the end of 2017 , Axel Sartingen and his company Milaco acquired 208 of the approximately 700 systems. Subsequently , the new antenna owners argued with the network operators - Uplink Network and Divicon Media Holding GmbH - as well as broadcasters about the rental amount for antenna usage . Axel Sartingen announced that he would dismantle his antennas from July 1, 2018 if there was no agreement by then. In June 2018, Friedrich Bohl brokered a compromise on behalf of the Federal Network Agency .

Others

Axel Sartingen produced the film Yung , released in 2018 . In his free time he drives car races, among other things. In 2019 he was part of the Black Falcon team , which took part in a 24-hour race on the Circuit of The Americas near Austin , Texas ( United States ) , finishing second in the SPX class .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ new entry of Spütz Finance GmbH in the commercial register . Published in the Federal Gazette , February 28, 1999.
  2. ↑ Bernfried Paus: Gunhild Sartingen - political fighter. In: Rheinische Post (online). September 17, 2014, accessed February 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ ContiTech AG : Company announcement of March 7, 2016 on an award procedure . Published in the Federal Gazette .
  4. ^ Anton Bausinger: Large train station for the new Kämpchensweg playground. Roller playground in action . In: Bürgererverein Köln-Müngersdorf eV (Ed.): BlickPunkt Müngersdorf 21 (Winter 2012/13), p. 10 f.
  5. ↑ List of high school graduates . Accessed February 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b c gamigo AG: Securities prospectus for the up to EUR 15,000,000 - 8.5% bearer bonds 2013/2018 with the option to increase up to EUR 25,000,000 ( WKN  = A1TNJY; ISIN  = DE000A1TNJY0) from May 21, 2013. Accessed February 8, 2019.
  7. ↑ Werner Rüppel: Spütz: Much imagination. In: Focus Money . January 25, 2001, Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Spütz leaves . In: Handelsblatt , February 10, 1999.
  9. ↑ Sartingen leaves Spütz . In: Börsen-Zeitung , July 28, 2001. Sartingen leaves the Spütz board . In: Handelsblatt , July 30, 2001.
  10. ↑ EKO-PUNKT GmbH: Annual financial statements as of December 31 , 2006, published in the Federal Gazette . The EKO-POINT GmbH is from the CONTWIN GmbH emerged. See the information on the North Data website for EKO-Punkt GmbH , accessed on February 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ REMONDIS takes over Contwin. In: www.pressebox.de. February 6, 2006, accessed February 12, 2019 ( Remondis press release ).
  12. ↑ See the information on the North Data website for Dubai Oasis Capital AG , accessed on February 11, 2019.
  13. ↑ new registrations of Ameril GmbH , published on 8 November 2011 at the Federal Gazette .
  14. ↑ change notification of Ameril GmbH , published on 20 December 2018 the Federal Gazette .
  15. ↑ Ameril GmbH: Announcement (for new entry by changing the name ), published on November 8, 2011 in the Federal Gazette .
  16. ^ New entry of E-Capital Unternehmensbeteiligungen AG & Co. KGaA in the commercial register, published on September 17, 1999 in the Federal Gazette .
  17. ↑ Company notice of CareMed Medical Products Inc. , published on 20 January 2001 at the Federal Gazette .
  18. ↑ Company announcement of bytesites AG , published on August 4, 2003 in the Federal Gazette .
  19. ↑ Company announcement of bytesites AG , published on March 15, 2005 in the Federal Gazette .
  20. ↑ Company announcement of eCapital New Technologies Fonds AG , published on February 22, 2005 in the Federal Gazette .
  21. ↑ Company notice of lizAG , published on 11 October 2005 in the Federal Gazette .
  22. ^ Company announcement of Diligentia 142nd Vermögensverwaltungs AG , published on May 5, 2006 in the Federal Gazette .
  23. ^ Company announcement of Value Investors AG , published on March 23, 2007 in the Federal Gazette .
  24. ^ A b c Company announcement of Neue Sentimental Film AG , published on May 9, 2009 in the Federal Gazette .
  25. ↑ gamigo AG: Annual financial statements for the financial year from January 1, 2012 to December 31 , 2012 , published on January 29, 2014 in the Federal Gazette .
  26. ↑ Maximilian Fischer, Manuel Herold: “Professional Opponents” - on the trail of a species. An overview of Germany's most willing shareholders . In: GoingPublic 4-2007.
  27. ^ Theodor Baums, Astrid Keinath, Daniel Gajek: Progress in lawsuits against resolutions of the general meeting? An empirical study. (PDF) Institute for Law and Finance of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt , Working Paper Series No. July 65, 2007, p. 21 , accessed March 18, 2019 .
  28. ^ Daniel Schönwitz: Robber or Gendarme? In: Wirtschaftswoche , No. 23 of May 30, 2009.
  29. ↑ Björn Godenrath: Hedge fund rejects HRE takeover offer. Insists on the examination of damages - behind Exchange Investors is professional plaintiff Frank Scheunert . In: Börsen-Zeitung , April 21, 2009.
  30. ^ Nadine Oberhuber: Business model: lawsuit. Predatory shareholders. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 30, 2014, accessed March 18, 2019 .
  31. ↑ Quoted from Fabian Fahlbusch: Yield hunters without market risk . In: Financial Times Deutschland , July 30, 2007.
  32. ↑ Allianz plaintiffs collect one million . In: Börsen-Zeitung , July 20, 2007.
  33. ↑ Company announcement of Axa Versicherung AG , published on December 21, 2005 in the Federal Gazette . Company announcement of the Axa Group AG , published on July 11, 2007 in the Federal Gazette .
  34. ↑ Company announcement of Bayer Aktiengesellschaft , published on September 11, 2015 in the Federal Gazette .
  35. ^ Company announcement of Degussa AG , published on September 19, 2006 in the Federal Gazette .
  36. ↑ Company announcement of Deutsche Postbank AG , published on May 5, 2009 in the Federal Gazette .
  37. ^ Company announcement of the IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG , published on July 24, 2008 in the Federal Gazette . Company announcement of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG , published on July 6, 2009 in the Federal Gazette .
  38. ^ Announcement of Premiere AG , published on April 9, 2009 in the Federal Gazette .
  39. ↑ Fabian Fahlbusch: Yield hunter without market risk . In: Financial Times Deutschland , July 30, 2007. See also Already compared . In: Financial Times Deutschland of July 17, 2008.
  40. ↑ MEDIA BROADCAST sold all FM antennas. In: www.radioszene.de. December 18, 2017, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  41. ↑ Jürn Kruse: I'll dismantle then. In: The daily newspaper . May 8, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  42. ↑ Jürn Kruse: Just no blackout. In: The daily newspaper. June 4, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  43. ^ Peter Weissenburger: Radio saved - for now. In: The daily newspaper. June 20, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  44. ↑ For the film see Philipp Fritz: Der Teenager. In: The time . February 15, 2018, accessed February 12, 2019 .
  45. ↑ Axel Sartingen in the Internet Movie Database (English).
  46. ↑ Black Falcon takes second overall victory in the COTA 24h race. In: www.motorsport-xl.de. November 19, 2019, accessed December 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Sartingen, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German investor, entrepreneur and manager
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Dinslaken