New independent directors elected to Bossard Holding Board 13 April 2021

At the annual general meeting of shareholders of Bossard Holding AG, Petra Maria Ehmann and Marcel Keller were newly elected as independent directors, after Anton Lauber and Maria Teresa Vacalli did not seek reelection.

Petra Maria Ehmann is currently the Global Lead for Product Partnerships in the area of augmented reality at Google and Marcel Keller is a member of the Vorwerk International executive committee in charge of digital transformation and Group IT. The annual general meeting of shareholders also approved all current directors in their posts, with Dr Thomas Schmuckli remaining as chairman of the board of directors.

For the protection of all shareholders, the annual general meeting of shareholders was held without the physical presence of the shareholders, based on article 27 of the Covid-19-Regulation 3. Therefore, they were able to exercise their rights at the annual general meeting of shareholders exclusively through the independent proxy. Dr Thomas Schmuckli and Dr Daniel Bossard addressed the shareholders via video messages.

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