Wulf Bernotat Elected to Bertelsmann AG’s Supervisory Board

The Bertelsmann AG Annual General Meeting today elected Dr. Wulf H. Bernotat (57) to the Bertelsmann AG Supervisory Board. Bernotat, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of E.ON AG, will take his seat on the supervisory body effective immediately. Christian van Thillo, CEO of the Flemish media group De Persgroep NV, retired from the Supervisory Board, his term of office having expired.

Bertelsmann AG’s Supervisory Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Dieter H. Vogel said: “The Bertelsmann Supervisory Board is gaining an executive with vast international experience; as head of E.ON AG, Wulf Bernotat manages one of the most successful German companies in the global marketplace. Mr. Bernotat stands for a long-term strategy that relies on profitable core businesses and sustainable value creation − which makes him a good match for Bertelsmann. On behalf of the Supervisory Board and our shareholders, I thank Christian van Thillo for our mutually trusting collaboration and for his valuable contributions to the company’s development.”

Dr. Wulf H. Bernotat (57) has been Chairman and CEO of E.ON AG in Düsseldorf, the world’s largest investor-owned energy service provider, since May 1, 2003. The company focuses on the core businesses of electricity and gas and generates annual revenues of about €56 billion. A lawyer by training, Wulf Bernotat began his career in 1976 as a corporate attorney in the Legal department of Shell AG in Hamburg. Bernotat held various executive positions in the British-Dutch Shell group for two decades, most recently as a member of the Shell France management board. In 1996, he left to join Veba Oel AG’s management board, responsible for supply & marketing, refining & distribution and petrochemicals. Bernotat was Chairman of the Board of Management of Stinnes AG from 1998 to 2002.

The Bertelsmann AG Supervisory Board now comprises the following members:

Prof. Dr. Dieter H. Vogel, Managing Partner, LGB & Vogel GmbH, Düsseldorf and Shareholder of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh(Chairman of the Supervisory Board)

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Strube, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen and Shareholder of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh (Vice Chairmann of the Supervisory Board)

Dr. Wulf H. Bernotat,Chairman of the Board of Management and Chief Executive Officer, E.ON AG, Düsseldorf

André Desmarais, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Power Corporation of Canada, Montréal

Dr. Claus-Michael Dill, Chairman of the Executive Board, Damp Holding AG, Damp

John R. Joyce, Managing Director, Silver Lake Partners, New York

Dr. Hans-Joachim Körber, Chairman of the Executive Board, Metro AG, Düsseldorf

Oswald Lexer, Vice Chairman of the Bertelsmann AG Corporate Works Council, Gütersloh

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BMW AG, Munich

Liz Mohn, Vice CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Bertelsmann Stiftungand Chairwoman of the Board of Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh

Willi Pfannkuche, Member of the Bertelsmann AG Corporate Works Council, Gütersloh

Erich Ruppik, Chairman of the Bertelsmann AG Corporate Works Council and Shareholder of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh

Gilles Samyn, Managing Director, Frère-Bourgois, Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille S.A., Loverval

Richard Sarnoff, Chairman of the Bertelsmann AG Management Representative Committee, President, Random House Corporate Development and Random House Ventures, New York

Lars Rebien Sørensen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd

Reinhard Mohn is the Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

About Bertelsmann AG

The media company Bertelsmann commands globally leading positions in the major markets. Its core business is the creation of first-class media content. Bertelsmann includes RTL Group, Europe’s No.1 in television and radio, as well as the world’s biggest book-publishing group, Random House, with more than 100 publishing imprints (Alfred A. Knopf, Bantam, Goldmann). Gruner + Jahr, the European No.1 in magazine publishing (Stern, Geo, Capital) and the BMG music division – comprised of the Sony BMG joint venture (Anastacia, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Dido, Usher) and BMG Music Publishing – also stand for creativity and powerful brands. The Arvato division bundles the group’s media services, which include the expanding units Arvato Logistics Services and Arvato Direct Services (distribution, service centers, customer relationship management), along with state-of-the-art printers, storage media production and comprehensive IT-services. Bertelsmann’s direct-to-customer businesses are bundled in Direct Group: book and music clubs with more than 35 million members all over the world.

For further questions, please contact:

Andreas Grafemeyer

Senior Vice President Media Relations

Phone: +49 – 5241 – 80 24 66

andreas.grafemeyer@bertelsmann.de

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