UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of September 2020
Commission File Number: 001-38396
BIOFRONTERA AG
(Registrant’s name / Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Hemmelrather Weg 201, D-51377 Leverkusen Germany
(Address of principal executive office)
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number | Description | |
99.1 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
BIOFRONTERA AG | ||
By: | /s/ Hermann Lübbert | |
Name: | Hermann Lübbert | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
By: | /s/ Thomas Schaffer | |
Name: | Thomas Schaffer | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Date: September 11, 2020
Exhibit 99.1
Ad hoc release
Ad-hoc Release pursuant to Art. 17 MAR
Biofrontera AG plans mediation to resolve (legal) disputes
Leverkusen, Germany, September 11, 2020 – Biofrontera AG (NASDAQ: BFRA; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: B8F) (the “Company” or the “Biofrontera-Group”), an international biopharmaceutical company, today has reached a mutual agreement with Mr. Wilhelm K.T. Zours and Deutsche Balaton AG on the key elements of a mediation agreement. The completion of the mediation agreement is expected today.
Within the framework of the mediation process, which is to commence shortly, an experienced and renowned mediator will be called in to find solutions for the settlement of disputes as well as disagreements on personnel and strategic corporate matters.
Mr. Zours is chairman of the supervisory board and majority shareholder of Deutsche Balaton AG and is as such an indirect major shareholder of the Company. Between the Company on one side and Deutsche Balaton AG together with other companies in which Mr. Zours holds a majority interest on the other side, various legal disputes are pending in Germany and one legal dispute in the USA.
Biofrontera AG, Hemmelrather Weg 201, 51377 Leverkusen
ISIN: DE0006046113
WKN: 604611
Contact: Biofrontera AG
Tel.: +49 (0214) 87 63 2 0, Fax.: +49 (0214) 87 63 290
E-mail: ir@biofrontera.com