AGM Statement

Luxembourg, 16 April 2014 - The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of RTL Group on 16 April 2014 has approved the statutory and consolidated accounts as at 31 December 2013 and approved all proposed resolutions.

Additionally, the AGM decided to pay a final dividend of €4.50 per share - in addition to the extraordinary interim dividend of €2.50 already paid in September 2013. The final dividend for the full year ended 31 December 2013 will be payable from 7 May 2014 on presentation of coupon N° 21 at the following banks:

  • in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg:  ING Luxembourg S.A.
  • in Belgium: ING S.A.
  • in Germany: Deutsche Bank GmbH

The AGM appointed two new Non-Executive Directors to RTL Group's Board of Directors, increasing the total number of Board members from 11 to 12: following the resignation of Thomas Hesse from the Board of RTL Group as of 31 December 2013, the AGM appointed Achim Berg, Chief Executive Officer of Arvato and member of the Bertelsmann Executive Board. Achim Berg had already been co-opted at the RTL Group Board meeting of 5 March 2014.

Additionally, the AGM appointed Jonathan F. Miller, Partner at Advancit Capital. Before joining Advancit Capital, Miller was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of News Corp's Digital Media Group and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AOL. Additionally, he held management positions at the US TV network USA Networks, Nickelodeon and the National Basketball Association. The appointment of Jonathan F. Miller brings the total number of Independent Directors to four, as announced during the public share offering in 2013.

Achim Berg and Jonathan F. Miller were appointed for a term of office of one year expiring at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2014 accounts.

At the AGM, RTL Group published its Annual Report 2013. The document is now available on the company's website, RTLGroup.com. In addition to a complete and searchable PDF
version, the individual parts of the Annual Report are also available separately. The RTL Group Annual Report 2013 is available to download at: RTLGroup.com/AR2013

The minutes of the AGM will also be available shortly on RTLGroup.com via the link RTLGroup.com/AGM2014

For further information please contact:

Media
Oliver Fahlbusch
Corporate Communications
Phone: +352/2486 5200

Investor Relations
Andrew Buckhurst
Investor Relations
Phone: +352/2486 5074



About RTL Group
RTL Group is the leading European entertainment network, with interests in 56 television channels and 27 radio stations and content production throughout the world. The television portfolio of Europe's largest broadcaster includes RTL Television in Germany, M6 in France, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, Hungary and Antena 3 in Spain - the company also operates the joint venture channels RTL CBS Entertainment HD and RTL CBS Extreme HD in South East Asia. RTL Group's families of TV channels are either the number one or number two in eight European countries. The Group's flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other stations in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg. RTL Group's content production arm, FremantleMedia, is one of the largest international creators, producers and distributors of multi-genre content outside the US. With operations in 22 countries, FremantleMedia's comprehensive global network is responsible for 8,500 hours of programming a year and distributes over 20,000 hours of content worldwide. Combining the catch-up TV services of its broadcasters, the newly acquired Multichannel Network BroadbandTV and FremantleMedia's more than 140 Youtube channels, RTL Group has become the leading European media company in online video.



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