HMV 株 沈む as second boss David Wolffe 保釈（金）s out

By Rupert Steiner for the Daily Mail

Updated: 22:41 BST, 6 August 2012

HMV has lost its second most 上級の (n)役員／(a)執行力のある in as many days, sending 株 in the troubled music retailer 負かす／撃墜する 4 per cent.

財政／金融 directo r David Wolffe, who helped HMV 安全な・保証する a £220million lifeline just two months ago, has 発表するd 計画（する）s to follow 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Simon Fox out the door.

Wolffe will not hang about to bed in his refinancing 計画（する） or see through the 処分 of its Live music 商売／仕事. Both are 重要な to the continued 生き残り of the 会社／堅い.

Goodbye: David Wolffe's 告示 sent 株 負かす／撃墜する 4 per cent

HMV will 発表する today that he will be 取って代わるd by Ian Kenyon, the former 財政／金融 director of Carphone 倉庫／問屋.

A 二塁打 出発 of the two most 上級の (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs at a 会社／堅い is rare and spooked the market ? the 株 の近くにd 負かす／撃墜する 0.13p to 3.5p having fallen 42 per cent over the course of the year.

Kate Calvert, an 分析家 at 仲買人 Seymour Pierce, said: ‘It’s unusual for both the 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある and 財政／金融 director to leave within days of each other. This is likely to result in 憶測 that 貿易（する）ing remains under 圧力 and that the 商売／仕事 may not return to 利益（をあげる） in the 十分な-year to 2013.’

Over the past few years HMV has been a dog of the market after failing to 反応する 急速な／放蕩な enough to a 転換 online. Most 消費者s no longer buy physical CDs and DVDs, preferring instead to download content.

It has also 戦う／戦いd hard against the big supermarkets selling 割引d 最高の，を越す ten music and movie charts.

In a 簡潔な／要約する 声明 the 会社／堅い said: ‘HMV 確認するs that David Wolffe has 示すd his 意向 to leave the company. David will remain with the company until a 後継者 is 任命するd to 確実にする a smooth handover.’