A&P Board Elects New Director.Business Editors MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2004 The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P)(NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GAP) today announced that Jens-Jurgen Bockel has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. He succeeds Rosemarie Baumeister, who is retiring from the Board. Dr. Bockel is Chief Financial Officer of Tengelmann, (Mulheim, Germany), a diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s international retail organization that is majority shareholder of A&P. He joined Tengelmann in January of 2000 from Schickedenz Holding-Stiftung & Co. KG (Furth, Germany), where he was chief financial officer and a member of the executive board. Currently a member of the supervisory board Supervisory board The board of directors that represents stakeholders in the governance of the corporation. of Kaiser's Tengelmann AG (Viersen, Germany), Dr. Bockel also serves on the boards of several other European corporations. Mrs. Baumeister, a Director of A&P since 1979, is currently Senior Vice President of Tengelmann, where she has previously served in various executive capacities. She is also a member of the advisory board of Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank . Christian Haub, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of A&P, said, "It is with great appreciation that I observe Mrs. Baumeister's distinguished service to A&P. Her advice and counsel over the years have been invaluable to our Company, and I wish her well as she continues in her service to Tengelmann and in all of her future endeavors. "It is also with great pleasure that we welcome Dr. Bockel to the Board. His expertise and experience will be a tremendous asset to us as we drive the ongoing turnaround and renewal of A&P. I look forward to working with him and all of our Directors as that effort moves forward," Mr. Haub said. Founded in 1859, A&P was one of the nation's first supermarket chains, and is today among North America's largest. The Company operates 633 stores in 10 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and Ontario, Canada, under the following trade names: A&P, Waldbaum's, The Food Emporium, Super Foodmart, Super Fresh, Farmer Jack, Sav-A-Center, Dominion dominion, power to rule, or that which is subject to rule. Before 1949 the term was used officially to describe the self-governing countries of the Commonwealth of Nations—e.g., Canada, Australia, or India. , The Barn Markets, Food Basics
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