ZEAL Network SE: Carola Gräfin von Schmettow succeeds Peter Steiner as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, Annual General Meeting approves special dividend

ZEAL Network SE: Carola Gräfin von Schmettow succeeds Peter Steiner as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, Annual General Meeting approves special dividend

• Carola Gräfin von Schmettow takes over as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE from Peter Steiner
• All proposed resolutions were approved by a large majority
• Annual General Meeting approves basic dividend of EUR 1.30 per share and additional special dividend of EUR 1.10 per share

Hamburg, 22 May 2025. Following the 2025 Annual General Meeting, the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE yesterday elected Carola Gräfin von Schmettow as its new Chairwoman. She succeeds Peter Steiner, who decided to step down as a member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the end of the Annual General Meeting after twelve years in office. Around 71% of the voting share capital was represented at the Annual General Meeting.

Gräfin von Schmettow has been a member of the company's Supervisory Board since November 2024. She studied mathematics at Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and began her career at HSBC Germany after graduating, where she worked for 29 years, including 17 years on the Management Board, six of which as its spokeswoman.

Peter Steiner stepped down from the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE at the end of yesterday's Annual General Meeting. CEO Dr. Helmut Becker paid tribute to Steiner's services to the company: "We would like to thank Peter Steiner for his many years of dedicated and responsible work as a member and Chairman of our Supervisory Board. During this time, he was not only a reliable companion and valuable source of inspiration for the Management Board – he was a strategic compass, an anchor of integrity and a person who accompanied ZEAL with foresight and passion. Under his leadership, the Supervisory Board has accompanied key developments such as ZEAL's return to Germany and the strategic expansion of our business. On behalf of ZEAL, I would like to sincerely thank Peter Steiner for his valuable work and wish him all the best for the future."

Independent auditor Peter Steiner has been a member of the ZEAL Supervisory Board since June 2013, initially as Chairman of the Audit Committee and since 2017 as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, with the exception of 2019, when he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOTTO24 AG, which had previously been acquired by ZEAL Network SE.

All proposed resolutions were approved by a large majority, including a basic dividend of EUR 1.30 per share and an additional special dividend of EUR 1.10 per share for the 2024 financial year.

An overview of all voting results for all agenda items is available online at www.zealnetwork.de/agm.

About ZEAL
ZEAL Network is an e-commerce group of companies based in Hamburg and the market leader for online lotteries in Germany. Founded in 1999, we brought lotteries to the internet. Today, the ZEAL group now has more than one million active customers and more than 200 employees at three locations. ZEAL allows the participation in state-licensed lotteries via the LOTTO24 and Tipp24 brands and also offers its own lottery products. ZEAL also owns the brands ZEAL Instant Games, ZEAL Ventures and ZEAL Iberia. In 2024, the ZEAL Group celebrated its 25th anniversary. Since our foundation, growth, innovation and success are at the heart of what we do.
 

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