The Platform Group begins entry into the optician industry

EQS-News: The Platform Group AG / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions/Takeover The Platform Group begins entry into the optician industry 13.06.2025 / 09:05 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The Platform Group begins entry into the optician industry

• Acquisition of optician chain with 30 locations and 200 employees in Germany
• Development of a new segment (“Optics & Hearing”) with an EBITDA margin of 25%
• Further acquisitions planned in the optician segment
• Linking own and external opticians with the MyGlasses online platform

Düsseldorf, 13 June 2025. The Platform Group AG (ISIN DE000A2QEFA1, “TPG”), a leading software company for platform solutions, is beginning its entry into the optician industry following extensive preparations. The market entry will take place in three consecutive steps.

As part of step one, The Platform Group AG announced today that it will initially acquire two groups of companies in the optician and hearing acoustics industry and merge them with the MyGlasses platform. The objective is to ensure a fully comprehensive digital customer journey through the seamless integration of 30 locations and the MyGlasses online platform. In step two, numerous other optician companies in Germany and other EU countries are to be acquired by the end of 2026, creating an independent segment within The Platform Group AG. In step three, the MyGlasses optician platform is to be opened up to external opticians from the end of 2025 in order to become the leading platform for opticians in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The target is to connect at least 1,000 local opticians and hearing aid acousticians to the platform and thus provide local opticians and hearing aid acousticians with access to e-commerce on a partnership basis.

The acquisition announced today comprises the purchase of majority stakes in the optician groups Beste Aussichten GmbH and Karrasch & Nolte GmbH, both based in Münster. The two companies have a total of around 30 locations nationwide with a focus on optician and hearing acoustics and employ around 200 people. The transactions each take the form of share deal agreements. The purchase price is in the double-digit million euro-range and is made up of a cash component, which is financed from own funds, and share compensation. The parties have agreed not to disclose the exact purchase price. Closing is expected to take place in July 2025.