Resolutions of the Annual General Meeting of New Work SE

Hamburg, 24 June 2025 - On the occasion of its Annual General Meeting held yesterday, Hamburg-based New Work SE announces the following: 

CEO Petra von Strombeck hands over her role to Henning Rönneberg as planned 

As already announced on 13 May 2025, Petra von Strombeck handed over her CEO mandate to Henning Rönneberg at the end of the day of the Annual General Meeting. Rönneberg, who was appointed to the Executive Board as CFO & COO in March of this year, will lead the company's fortunes as CEO and sole responsible member of the Executive Board. 

Dr Maximilian Preisser is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board 

As part of the reorganisation of New Work SE, the delisting and the new ownership structure of the company, it was decided to reduce the Supervisory Board from six to three members. The independent Supervisory Board members Anette Weber, Dr Jörg Lübcke and Dr Johannes Meier will leave the Supervisory Board at the end of yesterday's Annual General Meeting. In addition, Dr Katharina Herrmann is leaving the Supervisory Board following her departure as a member of the Management Board of Hubert Burda Media. Dr Maximilian Preisser, General Counsel of Hubert Burda Media, was appointed to the Supervisory Board. Mr. Preisser was also elected as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He replaces Tom Bureau as Chairman, who will remain on the Supervisory Board - together with Jean Paul Schmetz, who will also continue to be a member of the Supervisory Board.  

Burda holds 100% of the shares  

With the resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting, the squeeze-out request submitted by the majority shareholder Burda Digital SE has been accepted. The squeeze-out process will be completed after entry in the commercial register. New Work SE is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Burda Digital SE.   

Dividend payment of €1/share resolved  

The payment of the regular dividend of €1 per voting share proposed by the Management Board was approved at the Annual General Meeting.  

The voting results on the agenda items, the speeches by the Executive Board members and the presentation for yesterday's Annual General Meeting will be available here shortly: new-work.se/en/hv.