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tonies SE starts trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange through successful business combination with 468 SPAC - Seite 2

Marcus Stahl, Co-CEO of tonies SE: "The listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange represents an important milestone for tonies' future growth and lays the foundation for our ambitious expansion plans by enhancing our entrepreneurial flexibility and granting access to capital markets. Backed by the additional proceeds, our purpose-driven team is fully focused on seizing the opportunities ahead. Our long-term vision of enabling kids' learning and entertainment experiences to take place in a safe, screen-free, and controlled environment has always been at the heart of our business and we are very excited to be entering this phase as a publicly listed entity together with a partner who shares this vision."

tonies will continue to be led by its co-founders Marcus Stahl and Patric Faßbender, who together will form the Management Board of tonies. The new tonies Supervisory Board will consist of high-profile and experienced members from a broad range of industries. Headed by Ms. Anna Dimitrova (Chairperson, current Chief Financial Officer at Vodafone Germany) and Mr. Christian Bailly (Vice Chairperson, current Managing Director at Armira), the Supervisory Board further includes Mr.

Alexander Kudlich (Sponsor of 468 SPAC), Mr. Alexander Schemann (Managing Partner at Armira), Mr. Helmut Jeggle (Managing Director of Salvia and Chairman of the Supervisory Board at BioNTech), Ms. Stephanie Caspar (Member of the Management Board at Axel Springer SE) and Mr. Thilo Fleck (Partner at Berner Fleck Wettich). Together with the Management Board, the Supervisory Board will strengthen the company's global footprint, thus positively impacting the business whilst supporting the expansion of tonies' product portfolio.

About tonies SE

Founded in 2013, tonies is the creator of a new multi-billion-euro category in kid's digital entertainment and the company behind the award-winning, screen-free tonies(R) audio entertainment system for kids aged 3 years and up. The revolutionary ecosystem consists of the Toniebox player and audio figurines - called Tonies - which when paired with the Toniebox start playing audio content. Currently 300 Tonies figurines are available, ranging from audio books to music, from knowledge to entertainment (incl. worldwide top licenses such as Frozen, Peppa Pig and Paw Patrol) as well as a digital audio library with additional content. tonies offers kids a digital storytelling experience in a way that stimulates their imagination and enables intuitive, tactile play. Since launching the product in late 2016, tonies has sold more than 2.4 million Tonieboxes and over 25 million Tonies. It is currently present in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Ireland, France and the US.