Important Information

Violation against follow-up inclusion obligations of Basic Board.

Due to the fact that the annual financial report has been submitted with a delay of more than eleven months as well as due to the half-yearly financial statements and the interim management report 2023 have still not been submitted after more than nine months after the end of the deadline, Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft demanded a contractual penalty from Varengold Bank AG on 1st August 2024.