Upon application by publity AG, the Frankfurt/Main Local Court has appointed Prof. Dr. Karl Georg Loritz as a new member of the company's Supervisory Board by court order. The appointment is valid until the next Shareholders' Meeting. Prof. Dr. Loritz plans to run for election as a Supervisory Board member at this meeting.

He succeeds Hans-Jürgen Klumpp, who resigned from the Supervisory Board at his own request for personal reasons. Prof. Dr. Loritz (69) is a lawyer and tax consultant with decades of experience in both fields. Prof. Dr. Loritz is a fully qualified lawyer, as is the Supervisory Board member, Frank Vennemann.

For more than 30 years, Prof. Dr. Loritz taught as a university professor at renowned German and international universities, most recently for 20 years at the University of Bayreuth. There he directed, among other things, the research unit for corporate and capital market law as well as corporate tax law. He also works as a tax consultant for well over two decades and is a partner in a law and tax consultancy firm in Munich.

In the Supervisory Board meeting following the court appointment, Prof. Dr. Till was elected Chairman and Prof. Dr. Loritz Deputy Chairman of the Board.