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Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA  31 January 2022

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Borussia Dortmund seeks judicial review of current spectator restrictions

31.01.2022 / 16:01

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 Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Dortmund will have the restrictions on the
 admission of spectators to outdoor sporting events, which are associated with
 the current Corona Protection Ordinance of the State of North
 Rhine-Westphalia, reviewed by way of summary court proceedings.

To this end, Borussia Dortmund is expected to file an application for an
 interim order in the norm control procedure with the Higher Administrative
 Court in Münster in the course of tomorrow.

 Borussia Dortmund considers the current restrictions to be illegal. The
 football club is convinced that they violate the principle of proportionality
 and the principle of equal treatment. While indoor events can already be held
 nationwide with a high percentage of occupancy (in some cases close to full
 capacity) despite the comparatively higher risk of infection, the capacity of
 Germany's largest open-air stadium - the SIGNAL IDUNA PARK - is currently
 being limited to the use of only 0.92 percent of the total capacity (81,365
 spectators).

 To this day, Borussia Dortmund had hoped to find - in dialogue with the state
 government - consensual and moderate solutions as it is now being made
 possible in other German federal states such as Saxony-Anhalt, Bavaria,
 Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. "This next step," emphasizes the
 CEO, Hans-Joachim Watzke, "is regrettable and for us "ulitma ratio". However,
 it is our job to protect Borussia Dortmund's legitimate business interests."

 Borussia Dortmund, in whose stadium 16,000 people have been vaccinated over
 the past few months, has a proven (hygiene) concept for games with spectators.
 In particular, the Bundesliga club also considers the frequently used
 political arguments regarding the risk of infection on arrival and departure
 routes to be inconclusive. Evaluations towards the end of last year clearly
 showed that the stadium was 18 percent occupied (15,000 spectators) and that
 the majority of spectators traveled there in their own car (10,000 parking
 spaces are available), by bicycle or on foot, also for reasons of caution.
 Extreme peaks in public transport, which are common practice in the federal
 state North-Rhine Westphalia several times a day on every single business day
 and are accepted by the state government, could thus be avoided. This is
 expressly in line with the findings of the Dortmund public transport company
 DSW21.

 Dortmund, 31. January 2022

 Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA

Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH

 Contact:

Dr. Robin Steden

Inhouse Counsel / Investor Relations

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