aufeminin Announces the Appointment of Marc Flamme as General Manager for Germany - He Will Steer gofeminin and Onmeda’s International Strategy

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Groupe aufeminin (Paris:FEM), 1^st creator of communities, announces the appointment of Marc Flamme, 48 years old, as General Manager for Germany. He will steer gofeminin and Onmeda’s International strategy.

Marc Flamme joins the aufeminin group as General Manager for Germany. "We are delighted to welcome Marc Flamme as General Manager of gofeminin. A member of the Axel Springer teams since 2000, Marc’s substantial knowledge of the aufeminin group and digital technology will enable him to give gofeminin the necessary impetus to strengthen its leadership position in women’s websites in Germany”, said Marie-Laure Sauty Chalon, CEO of the aufeminin group, following this appointment.

Marc Flamme will be responsible for steering the development strategy of gofeminin, a top women’s digital publisher in Germany with 5.6 million unique visitors a month¹, and the international deployment of Onmeda, the leading health portal in Germany with 5 million unique visitors a month¹, and which is also present in France and Spain.

Since 2014, Marc Flamme was in charge of equity portfolio at Axel Springer’s Marketing & Classified Department, the aufeminin group’s majority shareholder. He was also a member of aufeminin group’s Board of Directors from 2014 to 2016. He was Head of New International Media from 2011 to 2014. Between 2000 and 2004, Marc Flamme stood out through his expertise as Director of Sales in crossmedia advertising sales at Bild, Germany’s most popular daily paper.

He replaces Marc Schmitz, International Managing Director and Managing Director of gofeminin, who has decided to pursue new professional opportunities in Germany. "On behalf of all of the Group’s teams, I would like to wholeheartedly thank Marc Schmitz, whose professional and human qualities have enabled him to strengthen the Group’s international dimension and create buoyant growth momentum in each of its subsidiaries. We wish him every success in his future endeavours”, Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon added.

¹ AGOF Internet, December 2015

About aufeminin

1^st creator of communities, Groupe aufeminin provides an editorial and community-based offer covering all the most popular topics amongst women: Fashion, Baby, Beauty, Shopping, Cooking, News, Entertainment, etc.

With media brands such as aufeminin, marmiton, My Little Paris, Zimbio.com, Livingly.com and Stylebistro.com, the Group is present in more than 20 countries in Europe, North Africa, North America and South America. Leader on the desktop market with a global audience of 62 million visitors a month, Groupe aufeminin’s presence is growing on the mobile market, with 66 million visitors, and tablet market, with 15 million visitors, and is developing its presence on all other platforms, including video, print and social networks(1).

Groupe aufeminin, which is 80.8% owned by the Axel Springer Group, is listed on compartment B of Euronext Paris (ISIN: FR0004042083, Ticker: FEM). In 2015, with 370 staff, the Group recorded revenue of €93m and an EBITDA margin of 25%.

(1) Google Analytics, Groupe aufeminin, no double counting, November 2015

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