UNTERFÖHRING (dpa-AFX) - Two former members of the ProSiebenSat.1 Executive Board are alleged to have breached their duties in connection with discrepancies in the voucher business of the subsidiary Jochen Schweizer mydays, thereby causing damage. This was announced by the ProSiebenSat.1 Supervisory Board to shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, citing an internal investigation. Names were not mentioned. Supervisory Board member Rolf Nonnenmacher said that it is still being examined whether claims for damages will be made against the individuals.

According to the Supervisory Board, it first learned of violations at the subsidiary voucher business Jochen Schweizer mydays in February 2023. Nonnenmacher said of the complex: "There was a cover-up here." It was about regulatory issues. The voucher business is a rather small area at ProSiebenSat.1 and offers gift vouchers for travel, outdoor experiences or restaurants, among other things.

The current ProSiebenSat.1 CFO Martin Mildner said that the results of the investigation were being evaluated. The Executive Board is responsible for examining possible breaches of duty by all parties involved except members of the Executive Board. The Group therefore parted company with a long-standing employee shortly after the investigation began.

The discrepancies at Jochen Schweizer mydays also led to the public prosecutor's office in Munich monitoring the case. There is no new status as yet, as the authorities said when asked at the beginning of the week. According to the management board, the business has been restructured so that it is one hundred percent legal. The Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bafin) was also involved in the case. The authority did not comment when asked./rin/DP/ngu