Ad-Hoc-Release

Conversations regarding a reorganization of the composition of the Executive Board

Subject to discussion and resolution by the full Supervisory Board planned for January 23, 2024, representatives of the Supervisory Board are in well advanced discussions with three members of the Executive Board regarding the termination of their offices as Executive Board members. According to these discussions, Roland Harings (CEO) would leave the Executive Board as of 30 September 2024, Rainer Verhoeven (CFO) as of 30 June 2024 and Dr Heiko Arnold (COO) as of 29 February 2024. Up until the respective dates of the premature end of their office, these members of the Executive Board would continue to perform their respective duties.

It is further being considered, also subject to a resolution by the full Supervisory Board, to appoint Dr Markus Kramer from the Supervisory Board to the Executive Board as of 1 March 2024 for a term until probably 30 September 2024.

End of Ad hoc Release