DGAP-Ad hoc: Viscom AG

Changes in the Viscom AG Supervisory Board and Executive Board

Hanover, 5 March 2018 - Volker Pape, Executive Board member and co-founder of Viscom AG, is declaring his intention of resigning his Executive Board activity before this year's Annual General Meeting and in line with the proposal of the majority shareholder, HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, of moving into the Viscom AG Supervisory Board. In the case of his election by the Annual General Meeting, Volker Pape will be available to the company on a consulting basis. The Supervisory Board welcomes this step on the way to long-term successor planning, securing as it does the further expansion and the resulting extension of the international business.

In the process, the future Executive Board is to be expanded to four persons. As successors to Mr Pape, the Supervisory Board has appointed as Executive Board members the two long-standing employees Peter Krippner and Carsten Salewski. Both have extensive management responsibility as sector and branch managers. Mr Salewski will be responsible for Sales and Mr Krippner for Operations. Dr. Heuser assumes Development and Mr Schwingel remains responsible for Finances.

In connection with the intended extension and realignment of the Viscom AG Executive Board, the Supervisory Board members Bernd Hackmann and Klaus Friedland have stated that they will resign their mandates to the end of this year's Annual General Meeting which will be taking place in Hanover on 30 May 2018 so allowing a new start, also in the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board will examine the election proposal of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH according to section 100(2) sentence 1 no. 4 German Stock Corporation Act. In addition, meetings with potential candidates for the other vacant Supervisory Board mandate are taking place.