Biofrontera AG announces mediation results

Leverkusen, Germany, Nov. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biofrontera AG (NASDAQ: BFRA; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: B8F) (ISIN: DE0006046113) has been in mediation proceedings with Mr. Wilhelm K. T. Zours and Deutsche Balaton AG for a year in order to find a solution for the settlement of legal disputes and other differences (see ad hoc announcement of September 11, 2020). Mr. Zours is an indirect major shareholder of Biofrontera AG, holding the shares in Biofrontera AG through various companies (hereinafter "Deutsche Balaton Group"). Another major shareholder is Maruho Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Maruho Co. Ltd, Japan. At the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Biofrontera AG on December 14, 2021, new elections to the Supervisory Board will be held as scheduled. In the course of the mediation process, agreement was reached between the Deutsche Balaton Group and the incumbent Supervisory Board of Biofrontera AG on the candidates for the Supervisory Board. The incumbent Supervisory Board therefore intends to propose the following candidates for election at the Annual General Meeting: