Groupon Appoints Dusan Senkypl to The Board of Directors

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Jun 13, 2022

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) today announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with Pale Fire Capital SE, Dusan Senkypl and Jan Barta (collectively, “Pale Fire”), together Groupon’s largest stockholder with ownership of nearly 22% of the outstanding shares. Pursuant to the cooperation agreement, Groupon’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has appointed Mr. Senkypl, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pale Fire, to serve as a new director and a member of the Executive Committee, and Mr. Barta, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Directors of Pale Fire, to serve as a Board observer, effective immediately after the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 15, 2022 (the “2022 Annual Meeting”). Mr. Barta will also be appointed as a director no later than November 30, 2022.