At a Glance 2018 Key Figures (IFRS) in € millions Business Development Group revenues Operating EBITDA EBITDA margin in percent1) Bertelsmann Value Added (BVA)2) Group profit Investments3) Consolidated Balance Sheet Equity Equity ratio in percent Total assets Net financial debt Economic debt4) Leverage factor Dividends to Bertelsmann shareholders Distribution on profit participation certificates Employee profit sharing 2018 17,673 2,586 14.6 121 1,104 1,434 9,838 38.8 2017 17,190 2,636 15.3 163 1,198 1,103 9,127 38.5 2016 16,950 2,568 15.2 180 1,137 1,240 9,895 41.6 2015 17,141 2,485 14.5 180 1,108 1,259 9,434 41.2 2014 16,675 2,374 14.2 211 572 1,578 8,380 38.9 25,343 23,713 23,794 22,908 21,560 3,932 6,619 2.7 180 44 116 3,479 6,213 2.5 180 44 105 2,625 5,913 2.5 180 44 105 2,765 5,609 2.4 180 44 95 1,689 6,039 2.7 180 44 85 As of January 1, 2018, the new accounting standards IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers were applied for the first time. In accordance with the transitional provisions of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15, prior year comparatives have not been adjusted. Further details are presented in the section “Impact of New Financial Reporting Standards.” The figures shown in the table are, in some cases, so-called Alternative Performance Measures (APM), which are neither defined nor described in IFRS. Details are presented in the section “Alternative Performance Measures” in the Combined Management Report. Rounding may result in minor variations in the calculation of percentages. 1) Operating EBITDA as a percentage of revenues. 2) Bertelsmann uses BVA as a strictly defined key performance indicator to evaluate the profitability of the operating business and return on investment. From financial year 2018 onward, Bertelsmann Value Added is determined without taking into account the Bertelsmann Investments division. 3) Taking into account the financial debt assumed, investments amounted to €1,461 million (2017: €1,117 million). 4) Net financial debt less 50 percent of the par value of the hybrid bonds plus pension provisions, profit participation capital and the present value of operating leases.

The Bertelsmann Divisions RTL Group is a leader across broadcast, content and digital, with interests in 60 television channels, eight video-on-demand platforms, 30 radio stations, content production throughout the Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, is dedicated to its mission of nourishing a universal passion for reading by connecting authors and their writing with world and rapidly growing digital video businesses. The television readers everywhere. The company employs more than 10,000 portfolio of RTL Group includes RTL Television in Germany; people globally. With nearly 275 independent imprints and M6 in France; the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia and Hungary; and Antena 3 in Spain. The Group’s flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other stations in France, Germany, Belgium, brands on six continents, Penguin Random House comprises adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print with primarily English- and Spanish-language trade book publishing businesses in more than 20 countries worldwide. With 15,000 new titles, Spain and Luxembourg. RTL Group’s content production arm, and around 600 million print, audio and eBooks sold annually, Fremantle, is one of the largest international creators, producers Penguin Random House’s publishing lists include more than and distributors of scripted and unscripted content in the world. Combining the on-demand services of its broadcasters, the multiplatform networks BroadbandTV, StyleHaul, Divimove, United Screens and Fremantle’s more than 300 YouTube channels, RTL Group has become the leading European media company in online video. RTL Group also owns the advanced video ad serving platform SpotX. Bertelsmann is the majority shareholder of RTL Group, holding 75 percent of its shares. www.rtlgroup.com 80 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors. Bertelsmann owns 75 percent of shares in Penguin Random House; Pearson owns 25 percent. www.penguinrandomhouse.com The German-language Verlagsgruppe Random House in Munich, with 40 renowned publishers, is not part of Penguin Random House from a legal point of view, but is under the same corporate management and is part of the Penguin Random House division. www.randomhouse.de Arvato is an internationally active services company that The Bertelsmann Printing Group unites Bertelsmann’s develops and implements innovative solutions for business printing activities. This includes the German offset printing customers from around the world. These include SCM solutions, financial services and IT services, which are continuously developed with a focus on innovations in automation and data/ companies Mohn Media, GGP Media and Vogel Druck, the Prinovis gravure printing operations in Germany and the United Kingdom, and the offset and digital printing plants Berryville Graphics, Coral analytics. Globally renowned companies from a wide variety of Graphics and OPM in the United States. The Group combines a industries – from telecommunications providers and energy providers to banks and insurance companies, e-commerce, IT and Internet providers – rely on Arvato’s portfolio of solutions. wide range of print and service offers. Campaign, DeutschlandCard and the Dialogue business are also part of Bertelsmann Printing Group. The Bertelsmann division also includes the advertising Arvato is wholly owned by Bertelsmann. The services business agency MBS, RTV Media Group and Sonopress. Bertelsmann also includes the Majorel group of companies, in which Printing Group is wholly owned by Bertelsmann. Bertelsmann owns 50 percent of shares. www.arvato.com www.bertelsmann-printing-group.com 2 Company Information

Interactive Online Report The Bertelsmann Annual Report can also be accessed online at: ar2018.bertelsmann.com In the online report you will find, among other things, a video with innovative 3D sound technology. Unlike stereo, 3D sound enables an exceptional 360-degree listening experience and puts the listener right in the middle of the action. Any headphones can be used to play 3D sound. For best results, make sure you have the earpieces in the correct ear (left/right). 4 Company Information

Thomas Rabe Chairman and CEO of Bertelsmann 6 Company Information Letter from the CEO

The Bertelsmann Executive Board and Group Management Committee The Bertelsmann Executive Board, together with selected executives from the Group, constitutes the Group Management Committee (GMC). Led by Thomas Rabe, the GMC reflects Bertelsmann’s diversity and internationality, as well as its most important markets. The GMC advises and supports the Executive Board on important matters of corporate strategy and development, and other Group-wide topics. Executive Board Group Management Committee Thomas Rabe Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bertelsmann and Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group Markus Dohle Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Random House Rolf Hellermann Chief Executive Officer of Arvato Financial Solutions Julia Jäkel Chief Executive Officer of Gruner + Jahr Immanuel Hermreck Chief Human Resources Officer of Bertelsmann Bernd Hirsch Chief Financial Officer of Bertelsmann Kay Krafft Chief Executive Officer of Bertelsmann Education Group Annabelle Yu Long Chief Executive Officer of Bertelsmann China Corporate Center and Managing Partner of Bertelsmann Asia Investments 8 Company Information Executive Board and Group Management Committee

What drives us Bertelsmann pursues four strategic priorities. The goal: to become an even faster-growing, more digital, more international and more diversified Group. To achieve this, Bertelsmann is increasingly opening up new lines of business that will benefit from megatrends such as digitalization, the rising demand for education, and growing consumption in countries such as Brazil, China and India. Creativity and entrepreneurship are the drivers of our strategy implementation. They form the core of the Group’s value creation, create transparency and orientation, and are essential to Bertelsmann’s identity and corporate culture. 10 Company Information What drives us

with Thomas Rabe Mr. Rabe, let’s talk about Bertelsmann’s transfor- mation. How far has the Group progressed in this respect? Very far. In recent years, Bertelsmann has made great progress in all areas and at all levels. This is demonstrated not least by the fact that we are now in a position to shift from growth driven by acquisi- tions to ever-stronger organic growth. We are once again growing significantly on our own steam. Can you explain this in a bit more detail? every year since 2015. Last year we achieved 2.7 percent; our medium-term target is 3.0 percent. Our growth platforms – in particular, Fremantle, the digital activities of RTL Group and G+J, and the logistics and financial services businesses of Arvato, BMG and the Bertelsmann Education Group – will continue to play a decisive role. In 2018, they generated organic growth of 10 percent. Beyond this, Bertelsmann also wants to become more digital, more international and more diversi- fied. How are you doing with these targets? Our growth businesses now account for more than one-third of our total revenues, compared with just one-fifth in 2011. By contrast, we reduced the proportion of revenues attributable to structurally declining business from 16 percent to 4 percent in the same period. This has played a key role in en- suring that our organic growth has kept increasing Here, too, we have made great progress, especially with regard to the revenue contribution of our digital activities. Our goal to eventually generate more than 50 percent of revenues digitally. In 2018, we were at 49 percent. So the goal has been as good as achieved – and earlier than originally expected. is 12 Company Information Interview with Thomas Rabe

“The diversity and reach of our creative offerings are unique in the world.” Can you elaborate on that? Creativity is at the heart of our value creation. Video, books, magazines, music: The diversity and reach of our creative offerings are unique in the world. This great strength of ours needs to be cultivated. In Germany, for example, this is done through the aforementioned Bertelsmann Content Alliance, which pools the expertise of our content businesses and enables us to offer creative people new marketing opportunities across all media genres. Creativity is also a driving factor in our services and education businesses. And entrepreneurship? It’s the second key to our success. The local management of our businesses, which has a long tradition with us, is more important than ever in the digital, fast-moving world. Together, creativity and entrepreneurship are what drives us. How can creativity and entrepreneurship be en- couraged? A supportive working environment is essential for both. This includes a willingness to take risks, a willingness to experiment, perseverance and a culture where mistakes are allowed. You mentioned taking risks. What do you see as bold decisions in recent years? In the media sector, RTL Group’s early entry into the online video and ad-tech sectors, and the combination of Penguin and Random House to form the world’s largest trade book publishing group. And after having sold off nearly all of our activities in the music area in 2008, BMG, with its business model completely tailored to the digital world, is once again number four in the market today. And in the other divisions? Arvato’s realignment: The latest financials show how profitably all four Solution Groups are now growing. Arvato had an excellent year in 2018; the group has potential for further growth. Also, our partnership with the Saham Group in the field of CRM commenced at the beginning of 2019. The cooperation has created a market leader that is well placed to successfully develop this business further. Another milestone for me is the expansion of our education business, which has become a third mainstay of business alongside media and services. And lastly, our fund businesses fall into this category: Bertelsmann Asia Investments is one of the most successful funds of its kind. We have built up this business over the years and are now reaping the rewards. What all these steps have in common is that we didn’t just fine-tune established business models, but ventured into entirely new lines of businesses and geographical regions. This is entrepreneurship in the best sense of the word. The motto of this Annual Report is “What drives us.” So in closing: What drives you personally? The privilege of managing this creative and entre- preneurial company and being able to continue developing it a bit more every day. As a marathon runner, I know that the last few kilometers just before the finish line are the most challenging, but also the most satisfying! 14 Company Information Interview with Thomas Rabe

The Four Strategic Goals Bertelsmann strives to create a faster-growing, more digital, more international and more diversified Group portfolio. Along with strengthening existing activities, this involves developing new lines of business and regional markets that ensure a broader overall revenue structure. Higher Growth Share of Group revenues contributed by growth businesses, in percent 20 2011 ~40 Target 2018 More Digital Digital revenue share in Group revenues, in percent 30 2011 >50 Target 2018 16 Company Information Strategy

> 7,000,000 copies of Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” are sold across all formats in 2018 497,000,000,000 online videos are viewed on RTL Group’s digital platforms in 2018 500 magazines and digital offerings are published by Gruner + Jahr in more than 20 countries 18 Company Information Creativity > 3,000,000 song rights are administered by BMG

Creativity a r z E e g r o e G Billions in Spending on Creative Content Bertelsmann’s creative offering is comprehensive and extensive: Enormous diversity meets global reach. Every day, Bertelsmann reaches more than one billion people worldwide with its content, brands and formats. In 2018, the Group spent €5.4 billion on creative content including films and TV programs, books, quality journalism, and music. “Bertelsmann places creativity at the center of its value creation and corporate culture. As Europe’s largest media company, high-quality content forms the heart of our business,” says Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO Thomas Rabe. In the coming years, spending on creative content is expected to rise to around €6 billion, so as to captivate and inspire even more people. 22 Company Information Creativity

Brilliant New Productions “My Brilliant Friend” was one of Fremantle’s most important drama productions of 2018. The RTL Group company transformed Elena Ferrante’s global bestseller into a series that stood out among a broad range of quality productions. The emotional story of two friends growing up in 1950s Naples – where they experience many girlhood dreams come true, but also the everyday hardships of living in poverty – was sold to 147 territories. The US cable network HBO and the Italian public broadcaster RAI have already announced that there will be a second season. In Germany, the UFA series production “Ku’damm 59” is a huge success with regard to audience share and distribution; the episodes of the series were streamed six million times on ZDF Mediathek, the public broadcaster’s on-demand platform, alone. RTL Nederland’s streaming service Videoland also had a major success with the crime series “Mocro Maffia.” Creativity | Highlights 2018 “Ku’damm 59” “My Brilliant Friend” 24 Company Information Creativity

Creativity | Highlights 2018 Personality Magazines on the Up and Up Magazines by and with famous people offer identification and a very special approach to the reader. Following up on the success of “Barbara,” Gruner + Jahr launched several new personality magazines in 2018. “Guido,” a magazine featuring the popular star designer Guido Maria Kretschmer, sold more than 200,000 copies of its premiere issue. Women in particular love it. For “Dr. v. Hirschhausen’s Stern Gesund Leben,” G+J brought the famous doctor and comedian Dr. Eckart von Hirschhausen on board. “JWD,” by and with presenter Joko Winterscheidt, as well as “Boa” with the trend-setting football star Jérôme Boateng, also attracted numerous fans and enriched the men’s lifestyle segment. G+J also lived up to its reputation as an innovative publishing house with new launches such as the food magazine “B-Eat” and the magazine “Die Höhle der Löwen,” which ties in to the eponymous TV show (Germany’s “Dragons’ Den”). Ad Alliance Scores with Cross-Media Reach The demand for marketing campaigns across all media genres is increasing. With this in mind, the Ad Alliance has pooled the advertising sales expertise of IP Deutschland, G+J eMS, Smartclip and Spiegel Media since 2016. Together, Bertelsmann’s ad sale houses can reach up to 99 percent of the population in Germany with their various campaign modules. Successful examples include the 2018 marketing of Vox’s start-up show “Die Höhle der Löwen” (“Dragons’ Den”), which was extended to include print advertising in a new G+J magazine of the same name, and the cross-media presentation of a German perfume brand. The campaign included classical TV advertising on RTL Television, addressable TV, online and print advertising and advertorials in the magazine “Grazia,” as well as social media, a launch event and product placements of the perfume in RTL Television’s series “Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten” (“Good Times, Bad Times”). 26 Company Information Creativity

1,600,000,000 kilograms of paper are processed by the Bertelsmann Printing Group per year > 1,100,000,000 shipments per year by Arvato 37,200,000 online courses completed by customers at Relias in 2018 28 Company Information Entrepreneurship > 185 shareholdings in innovative companies around the world made up Bertelsmann’s network of investments

Entrepreneurship The Future Belongs to VOD Services Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland ramped up its efforts in the streaming market and relaunched its video-on-demand service TV Now with a massively expanded offering at the end of 2018. For the first time, all Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland channels can be watched live and in HD quality, as can many German and US series. A special highlight: top series such as “M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder” (“M – A City Hunts a Murderer”). In addition, TV Now offers a wide range of high-quality live events, shows and documentaries. The VOD services in Belgium, Hungary and Croatia, which are based on Groupe M6’s VOD service 6play, will also be further developed. In France, the country’s major channels, including M6, teamed up to create the joint streaming platform Salto. 32 Company Information Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship | Highlights 2018 Music Taken One Step Further BMG represents more than three million tracks and recordings by thousands of artists and composers worldwide. The company is building a steadily growing portfolio of music-related offerings around this core business – such as its film and book businesses. BMG’s first major movie production was a hit: “Bad Reputation” explores the eventful life of rock rebel Joan Jett (photo). In spring, the publishing rights were sold to the US distributor Magnolia Pictures. Follow-up projects include a documentary by the Academy Award-winning director Cameron Crowe about the guitarist and singer-songwriter David Crosby. BMG also expanded its book business: 2018 saw a doubling of its publishing program, to include highlights such as “Johnny Cash at Folsom and San Quentin” and “Dreaming of Dylan.” A German-Moroccan Service Giant Arvato CRM had an exciting year in 2018. In September, its parent company, Bertelsmann, and Morocco’s Saham Group announced plans to combine their worldwide Customer Relationship Management activities and eventually establish a global market leader in customer experience. The new company, Majorel, has a workforce of about 48,000 employees and generates revenues of approximately €1.2 billion. From the start, it occupied leading market positions in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and had a strong presence in America and Asia. The new group intends to invest massively in further regional expansion and the transformation to digital. “For Bertelsmann, the partnership with Saham also offers a key to the growth markets of the African continent,” says Bertelsmann Chairman & CEO Thomas Rabe. 34 Company Information Entrepreneurship Thomas Mackenbrock, Moulay Mhamed Elalamy (Saham Group) and Thomas Rabe.

Entrepreneurship | Highlights 2018 Ten Years of DeutschlandCard The DeutschlandCard customer rewards program celebrated its 10th anniversary in March 2018. With more than 20 million participants, the company has developed into Germany’s second-largest multipartner rewards program. The purple-and-orange card can be used at more than 10,000 stores and nearly 400 online shops to collect points for purchases. In return, customers are offered attractive rewards and discounts. Members can also choose to donate their points to charitable organizations. The participating companies, such as Edeka and ESSO Deutschland GmbH, also benefit from the addition of loyal customers. Mohn Media Sets Its Sights on the United States In October 2018, Mohn Media secured its first major order from the United States: the production of the “Beastie Boys Book” for Penguin Random House. The first edition of the nearly 600-page memoir of the world-famous hip-hop group Beastie Boys, which had its glory days in the 1980s and 1990s, was printed in Gütersloh with a print run in the hundreds of thousands, for subsequent sale in the US. Media outlets, including “Rolling Stone” magazine and the “New York Times,” reported on the project. With this order, Europe’s leading offset printing company became even more international and proved that in-house collaboration between Bertelsmann’s divisions works – even across continents. The Mohn Media team with printouts of the Beastie Boys memoir. 36 Company Information Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship | Highlights 2018 Udacity Grows with Enterprise Customers Every industry is hungry for tech talent – from healthcare to hospitality, e-commerce to education. Udacity’s mission is to democratize education by offering world-class higher education opportunities. In 2018, the online learning company in which Bertelsmann holds a stake achieved 25 percent year-over-year overall revenue growth, highlighted by 100 percent enterprise revenue growth. The company now has 10 million registered students across all of its programs, up from eight million at the end of 2017. The company also launched 10 new Nanodegree programs and funded over 1.1 million new partial and full scholarships to its programs for students across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Expansion in the Education Business Bertelsmann expanded its education activities in Brazil in 2018. The Group acquired a majority stake in Afferolab, one of the country’s largest providers of corporate training. The company offers its more than 1,000 customers individual solutions, with conventional educational offerings as well as digital training programs. A growing number of people – about one million a year – are impacted by its services. Bertelsmann had acquired about 40 percent of the company’s shares in 2015, and is now the majority shareholder. 38 Company Information Entrepreneurship

Culture @ Bertelsmann Bertelsmann is engaged in a variety of cultural initiatives, both in Germany and internationally. The Group’s Culture@Bertelsmann activities comprise exhibitions, literary formats and concerts, as well as efforts to preserve Europe’s cultural heritage. Culture@Bertelsmann is closely linked to Bertelsmann’s tradition and creative products – because creativity is an engine for diversity and innovation, both in the company and in society. “Sad! Sad! Sad! Wagner is dead!!!” – letter from Giuseppe Verdi to Giulio Ricordi after the death of Richard Wagner in 1883. Music The Ricordi Archive Goes Online Thousands of scores, libretti, set designs, letters and historical photographs from 200 years of Italian opera history are stored at the Archivio Storico Ricordi in Milan. They are gradually and carefully being indexed, restored and digitized by the archive’s owner, Bertelsmann. Two years after the historical stage and costume designs were made available online, an extensive collection of business correspondence has been added that provides deep insights into the cultural scene of the 19th and 20th centuries, including 30,000 business letters that the Italian music publisher Casa Ricordi received from or sent to artists and business partners all over the world. The “Collezione Digitale” (digital collection) is freely accessible to anyone at www.archivioricordi.com. 40 Company Information Culture @ Bertelsmann

Culture @ Bertelsmann | Highlights 2018 From Udo Jürgens to Glenn Miller: Bertelsmann presents the online record collection “Vinyl Collection.” Music Music History in Vinyl From 1956 to 1992, the former Bertelsmann music clubs offered their members an extensive selection of records – a musical treasure of which large parts can now be viewed online at vinyl.bertelsmann.com. What did the cover look like? Who were the contributing artists? For answers to questions like these, the public can now turn to the online “Vinyl Collection,” which documents more than 11,500 records in detail: informative, entertaining and varied. Art Crowd Pleaser: “Bau X Kunst” On a fall weekend, Bertelsmann and the Berlin subway construction company PRG U5 transformed the future Unter den Linden subway station into an underground art gallery. Some 13,500 Berliners flocked to the construction site to marvel at the progress being made on the three-story-deep station and admired 37 large-format oil paintings by the Berlin plein-air painter Christopher Lehmpfuhl. For decades, Lehmpfuhl has devoted himself to the capital’s architectural transformation. The pictures shown at “Bau X Kunst” (“Construction Meets Art”) documented the spectacular construction activity on Berlin’s Schlossplatz, including the Humboldt Forum. Some of the pictures were painted on the rooftop terrace of Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1 in Berlin. The future Unter den Linden subway station offers a spectacular setting for Christopher Lehmpfuhl’s art. 42 Company Information Culture @ Bertelsmann

Corporate Responsibility We strive to act responsibly and entrepreneurially – in our business environment, with our employees, in society and toward the environment. This is an integral part of Bertelsmann’s corporate culture. Bertelsmann continuously pursues the strategic development of its corporate responsibility (CR). This includes Group-wide objectives, cross-divisional coordination, collaboration and transparency of non-financial information. The Bertelsmann Corporate Responsibility Council, chaired by the Chief Human Resources Officer, regularly brings together senior representatives from various operating divisions. Together, they work to advance the strategic development of CR at Bertelsmann. At the Group level, the Corporate Responsibility & Diversity Management department, a central staff function of the HR executive portfolio, coordinates and supports the work of the CR Council. At Bertelsmann, the divisions and companies implement CR projects and measures decentrally. Integrity & Compliance Bertelsmann has established an extensive Integrity & Compliance program. The fundamental document is the Bertelsmann Code of Conduct, which builds on the Bertelsmann Essentials and lays down the obligations of ethical and legal behavior for all employees. Further guidelines were issued on key topics such as anti-corruption, antitrust legislation, external transactions and compliance by business partners. Employees are comprehensively trained and advised. Compliance violations are not tolerated. Suspected infringements are promptly investigated, and any infringements are immediately remedied. The effectiveness of the program is ensured through regular evaluation and risk-oriented adjustments. Further information on corporate responsibility at Bertelsmann and the annual Corporate Responsibility Report can be found online at: www.bertelsmann.com/responsibility 44 Company Information Corporate Responsibility

Corporate Responsibility | Highlights 2018 Penguin Random House Ranked Number One by Forbes Penguin Random House U.S. placed number one on the “Forbes” independent survey list of “America’s Best Midsize Employers 2018.” The ranking is based on a survey of 30,000 employees of US companies with more than 1,000 employees. In addition, Penguin Random House was the highest-rated media company on the “Forbes” list of “Best Employers for Women” and placed on the “Best Employers for Diversity” list. Employees of Penguin Random House U.S. Penguin Random House India a “Green” Printer Penguin Random House India is blazing the trail for environmental protection by becoming the first Indian publisher to have all of its monochrome books printed on Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) paper. This ensures that the paper used for printing comes from sustainably managed forests. The move underlined the importance Penguin Random House places on environmental matters in its supply chain. 46 Company Information Corporate Responsibility

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