Luxembourg, 20 April 2016 - The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of RTL Group, on 20 April 2016, approved the statutory and consolidated accounts as at 31 December 2015, and also approved all proposed resolutions.

At the AGM, RTL Group published its Annual Report 2015. The PDF document is now available on the company's website at RTLGroup.com/annual-reports. In addition to the comprehensive financials and an in-depth interview with the Co-CEOs Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch, the Annual Report also offers insights into the Group's strategy, explains its business model in the 'total video' market and outlines the Group's role in society. The enhanced Corporate Responsibility Report provides an overview of RTL Group's CR initiatives in the most material areas of press freedom, society and employees. The leitmotif of this year's Annual Report is 'Entertain. Inform. Engage.', showcasing how the 2015 highlights reach audiences across all digital platforms.

As with the previous year, RTL Group also offers a fully interactive report featuring a number of informative and entertaining videos at annual-report2015.rtlgroup.com.

The AGM decided to pay a final ordinary dividend of €3.00 per share - on top of the extraordinary interim dividend of €1.00 already paid in September 2015. The final dividend for the full year ended 31 December 2015 will be payable from 28 April 2016 (ex-date: 26 April) on presentation of coupon N° 25 at the following banks:

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

The AGM decided to increase the number of members of the Board of Directors from 11 to 12 by appointing Bernd Hirsch, CFO at Bertelsmann, as additional Non-Executive Director. The AGM also ratified and confirmed the appointment of Rolf Hellermann, Executive Vice President Corporate Controlling & Strategy at Bertelsmann, following the resignation of Achim Berg, as Non-Executive Director to RTL Group's Board of Directors. Rolf Hellermann was already co-opted at the Board Meeting of 26 August 2015. Both were appointed for a term of office of two years, to expire at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders ruling on the 2017 accounts.

The minutes of the AGM will also be available shortly on the company's website via the link RTLGroup.com/agm

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