GROUP MANAGEMENT REPORT SEPARATE NON-FINANCIAL GROUP REPORT Please see the 2020/2021 Sustainability Report the meaning of §§ 315b, 315c in conjunction with with regard to the disclosures within the meaning §§ 289c to 289e HGB, which was subject to a limited of §§ 289b, 315b of the German Commercial Code assurance engagement. As at 29 October 2021, the (Handelsgesetzbuch, "HGB"). The Sustainability Sustainability Report will be published online at Report includes the Group's non-financial https://verantwortung.bvb.de/en.* statement for the 2020/2021 financial year within CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO § 289F HGB Pursuant to § 289f of the German Commercial Code In accordance with § 289b (2) sentence 2 HGB, (Handelsgesetzbuch, "HGB"), listed German stock Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA is exempt corporations (Aktiengesellschaften) must prepare a from preparing a non-financial statement. corporate governance declaration. This declaration includes the declaration of conformity with the The separate non-financial Group report is published German Corporate Governance Code, and presents online at https://aktie.bvb.de/eng/Corporate-Governance/ the corporate governance practices and the working sustainability-report.* principles of the management and the Supervisory Board and its committees. The corporate governance declaration is not included in the management * In accordance with the statutory requirements, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft has neither substantively report and is instead published online at audited the cross-references nor the information to which the https://aktie.bvb.de/eng/Corporate-Governance/ cross-references refer. Corporate-Governance-Declaration. * 21th match day 1/8 final, first leg UCL 13 February 2021 17 February 2021 BVB - TSG Hoffenheim 2:2 FC Sevilla - BVB 2:3 135
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