DE000A19L426 / WKN: A19L42 - GÖRG RECHTSANWÄLTEGEMEINSCHAFT

Swiss Merchant Group AG

Kastanienbaum, Schweiz

09. September 2025

The Board of Directors of Swiss Merchant Group AG announces that as part of the review of the EVAN Group PLC – ISIN: DE000A19L426 – insolvency application dated June 7, 2023, the appointed insolvency administrator has now opened the insolvency proceedings at the Düsseldorf court on July 17, 2025, under file number 502 / N84/23. Swiss Merchant Group AG informs that it will now file a claim for an Swiss franc amount in Switzerland through the law firm GÖRG Rechtsanwälte Gemeinschaft based in Munich, Germany, represented by lawyers Dr. Christoph Becker and Holger Rhode.

The background here is a false written submission of the insolvency application by the law firm GÖRG Rechtsanwälte Gemeinschaft to the Düsseldorf court on July 7, 2023, in which Swiss Merchant Group AG was accused of having engaged against a proposed restructuring plan submitted in 2023. decided, which led to a failure of the EVAN Group PLC StRaUG proceedings.

Due to this incorrect entry in the bankruptcy application of the law firm GÖRG Rechtsanwälte Gemeinschaft, the Swiss Merchant Group AG has incurred demonstrable financial damage in a defined range.

Furthermore, the board of directors of Swiss Merchant Group AG informs that it will stand for election as the representative of the bondholders at the meeting on September 12, 2025, in Düsseldorf, as a joint representative of the EVAN bondholders. EVAN bondholders can request information for a power of attorney and mandates at the email info@evangroup-proxy.com. End of corporate news.