publity AG plans capital increase from company funds and issue of bonus shares 

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Frankfurt am Main, July 7, 2023 – The Management Board of publity AG ("publity", ISIN DE0006972508), with the approval of the Supervisory Board, today resolved to propose to the Annual General Meeting scheduled for August 16, 2023, a capital increase from company funds of EUR 14,876,456.00 by EUR 1,859,557.00 to EUR 16,736,013.00 by converting a partial amount of EUR 1,859,557.00 of the capital reserve. The capital increase is to be carried out by issuing 1,859,557 new registered no-par value shares with a pro rata amount of the share capital of EUR 1.00 each. The new shares are to be issued to shareholders as bonus shares at a ratio of 8:1, so that there is one new no-par value share for every 8 existing no-par value shares. The new shares will carry dividend rights from January 1, 2023.

The agenda of the Annual General Meeting 2023 with the proposed resolutions is expected to be published in the Federal Gazette at 3:00 p.m. on July 10, 2023.

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