Christoph Mohn Elected to Bertelsmann AG's Supervisory Board

On Wednesday, Bertelsmann AG's extraordinary General Meeting has elected Christoph Mohn, CEO of Lycos Europe N.V., as a member of the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann AG with immediate effect. Following the buyback of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert’s (GBL) stake in Bertelsmann, both GBL representatives resigned from Bertelsmann AG's Supervisory Board.

Christoph Mohn has been a regular attendee at Bertelsmann AG Supervisory Board meetings since 2003. He is also a shareholder of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft (BVG), which owns 100 percent of the voting rights at Bertelsmann AG’s General Meeting.

Prof. Dr. Dieter H. Vogel, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Bertelsmann AG: “With Christoph Mohn, the Supervisory Board gains an experienced businessman who is very familiar with not only Bertelsmann, but with the opportunities and challenges of the world of digital media. We look forward to a trusting working relationship – one that will contribute to the good of the company.”

Since 1997, Christoph Mohn (41) has served as Chief Executive Officer of Lycos Europe, the Internet portal and online marketing services provider. After studying Business Administration at the Westfälische Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany, he began his career in 1992 with the Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), working in New York in various capacities over the period of two years. In 1994 he joined the business consulting group McKinsey & Company, Germany, where he specialized in the electronics and telecommunications industries. Two years later, Mr. Mohn was named Vice President of the Bertelsmann subsidiary Telemedia, where he was responsible for business development. Among his first achievements in this role was the launching of a cooperation between Bertelsmann AG and the American company Lycos Inc. – a joint venture which resulted in the creation of Lycos Europe N.V. in 1997. The European portal provider went public in 2000. 

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

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 Stiftung and Chairwoman of the Board of Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh

Christoph Mohn, Chief Executive Officer Lycos Europe N.V., Shareholder of the 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

Richard Sarnoff, Chairman of the Bertelsmann AG Management Representative Committee, President, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, 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 Sony BMG joint venture (Anastacia, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, Dido, Usher) also stand for creativity and powerful brands. The Arvato division bundles the group’s media and communications 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 – 52 41 / 80 24 66

andreas.grafemeyer@bertelsmann.de

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