DGAP-News: DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG / Key word(s): Real Estate/Disposal DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG: DEMIRE continues to focus on core business and sells financial investment in project development company for a high capital gain 10.02.2017 / 07:57 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEMIRE continues to focus on core business and sells financial investment in project development company for a high capital gain Langen, February 10, 2017 - DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG (ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0) has sold its 25 % interest in SQUADRA Immobilien GmbH & Co. KGaA to a German investor for EUR 7.2 million. SQUADRA is a project development company that DEMIRE had already held an interest in before refocusing its strategy on portfolio management in secondary locations. The only remaining SQUADRA project is the Blue Towers in Frankfurt/Main- Niederrad, which was also the location of DEMIRE's headquarters until December 2016. The DEMIRE Group generated a capital gain of around EUR 4.2 million from the sale of the interest, which will be retroactively recognised in the financial statements as of 31, 2016. Prof. Andreas Steyer, Speaker of the Executive Board, in his comments on the transaction: "Project development activities are not part of our business model. With the sale of the SQUADRA stake, we have separated ourselves from a further non-core activity and have consistently followed the DEMIRE strategy of focussing on its core businesses of portfolio management in German secondary locations." The Management Contact information DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG Robert-Bosch-Straße 11 D-63225 Langen Phone: +49 (0) 6103 - 372 49 - 0 Fax: +49 (0) 6103 - 372 49 - 11 [email protected] www.demire.ag _______________________________________ About DEMIRE - First in secondary locations DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG has commercial real estate holdings in mid-sized cities and up and coming areas bordering German metropolitan areas. As at September 30, 2016, DEMIRE held real estate with a market value of EUR 985 million. As at the reporting date, annual contractual rents had been firmly agreed upon in the amount of EUR 75.5 million for an average term of 5.2 years. DEMIRE aims to maintain its corporate organisation as lean as possible, although it still believes that economies of scale and portfolio optimisation are best achieved by having its own in-house asset, property and facility management. This safeguards the Company's business expertise and, equally important, allows the Company to maintain direct contact with the customer. DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG shares (ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0) are listed in the Prime Standard segment of the Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.02.2017 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG Robert-Bosch-Straße 11 im 'the eleven' 63225 Langen (Hessen) Germany Phone: +49 6103 37249-0 Fax: +49 6103 37249-11 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.demire.ag ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0 WKN: A0XFSF Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 543589 10.02.2017