EQS-Adhoc

publity AG plans to issue new corporate bond with a volume of up to EUR 100 million, in-terest rate of 6.25% p.a. and maturity of 5 years (publity Bond 2022/2027)

EQS-Ad-hoc: publity AG / Key word(s): Bond/Miscellaneous publity AG plans to issue new corporate bond with a volume of up to EUR 100 million, in-terest rate of 6.25% p.a. and maturity of 5 years (publity Bond 2022/2027) 07-Oct-2022 / 13:18 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Publication of inside information pursuant to Article 17 of the Regulation (EU)

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• publity AG plans to issue new corporate bond with a volume of up to EUR 100 million, interest rate of 6.25% p.a. and maturity of 5 years (publity Bond 2022/2027)
• Maturity and interest rate of publity bond 2020/2025 to be synchronised with planned publity bond 2022/2027 by means of creditors' resolution

Frankfurt/Main, 07.10.2022 – The Executive Board of publity AG (Scale, ISIN DE0006972508, "publity") has today resolved to issue a new non-subordinated and non-collateralised corporate bond with a total nominal amount of up to EUR 100 million, divided into 100,000 bearer bonds with equal rights and a nominal amount of EUR 1,000.00 each, with an expected final maturity on 19 December 2027 (the "publity bond 2022/2027"). The coupon rate is expected to amount to 5.5% p.a. The approval of the Supervisory Board is still pending.

The issue is to be made by way of a public offering in Germany and in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg on the basis of a securities prospectus to be approved by the Luxembourg securities supervisory authority Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). In addition, the bonds are to be offered for sale to selected investors in a private placement in Germany and other selected European jurisdictions. futurum bank AG was mandated by the bank to support the issue of the publity bond 2022/2027.