Bastei Lübbe AG announced that The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the company, Robert Stein, has informed the Executive Board on May 19, 2022 that he will prematurely resign from his office as a member of the Supervisory Board at the end of the next Annual General Meeting, which is expected to take place on September 14, 2022. This decision was prompted by professional commitments that no longer allow him to carry out the time-consuming tasks of a Supervisory Board member with the necessary attention and care in the longer term. Until the Annual General Meeting, Stein will continue to support the company with his usual professionalism.

The proposal for the election of a new Supervisory Board member will be announced with the invitation to the Annual General Meeting.