Ad hoc press release

 

Valentin Chapero proposed as new member of Goldbach Group Board of Directors

Küsnacht-Zurich, May, 20^th 2015. The Goldbach Group Board of Directors will propose the election of Valentin Chapero to the Board of Directors at an extraordinary General Meeting. He will succeed Michael Scheeren, who will step down from the Board at the General Meeting.

Valentin Chapero is a co-founder and partner of Veraison Capital AG, which announced on April 13^th, 2015 that it had purchased via VERAISON SICAV Engagement Fund 16.287% of the Goldbach Group's share capital. In particular, Veraison acquired the shares held by United Internet Ventures AG, thereby making it the second-largest shareholder of the Goldbach Group.

The Board of Directors is convinced that Chapero's entrepreneurial character will strengthen the Board and make a key contribution to the successful implementation of the Goldbach Group's strategy. For this reason, the Board will ask its shareholders to approve the election of Valentin Chapero as the successor of Michael Scheeren.

Jens Alder, chairman of the Goldbach Group Board of Directors, is pleased with the nomination of Valentin Chapero and would like to thank Michael Scheeren for the valuable services that he provided to the Group in previous years.

The extraordinary General Meeting will take place on June 25^th, 2015 at the corporate headquarters in Küsnacht-Goldbach, Switzerland.

Goldbach Group Company Profile
The Goldbach Group is the leading network for electronic communication solutions and a logistics centre for the marketing and representation of advertising in private electronic media in the areas of television, internet television, radio, digital out of home, online display, in-game, search advertising and mobile advertising. The company is based in Switzerland (Kusnacht-Zurich) and is active in the whole DACH region (Switzerland, Germany, Austria), in Poland and in the Adriatic region (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia). The Group's core business comprises planning, consulting, creation, concept development, purchasing and implementation through to assessment of the deployment of electronic offline and online media and cross-media campaigns.

Goldbach Group has been quoted in the main standard of the SIX Swiss Exchange since June 15^th, 2007 resp. in the domestic standard since December 8^th, 2014 (Valor 487094, ISIN CH0004870942, Ticker-Symbol: GBMN).

Further information: www.goldbachgroup.com oder www.goldbach.com

Contact:
Goldbach Group AG
Germaine Müller, Head of Investor Relations
Jürg Bachmann, Head of Corporate Communication & Marketing / Public Affairs
Seestrasse 39
8700 Küsnacht-Zurich
Phone +41 (44) 914 91 00
Fax +41 (44) 914 93 60
www.goldbachgroup.com