DGAP-News: Sixt Leasing SE / Key word(s): Market launch/Alliance Sixt Leasing the first provider to introduce a 'flat rate for the road' together with a complete online ordering process - partnership with 1&1 started 01.03.2017 / 10:00 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sixt Leasing the first provider to introduce a 'flat rate for the road' together with a complete online ordering process - partnership with 1&1 started - Forward-looking service: Flexible 12- to 30-month flat rate for a fully equipped Peugeot 208 including registration, transfer, taxes and insurance from 99.99 euros (incl. VAT) - Digital shopping basket: Online new vehicle order placement and contract conclusion by means of video-ident and eSign - Strong partner: As a cooperation partner, the mobile telephony pioneer 1&1 emphasises Sixt Leasing's innovative capacity in the area of online retail for new vehicles - CEO Rudolf Rizzolli: 'Our customers don't want to buy cars. They want mobility - preferably online, flexible and on the basis of an affordable all-in flat rate that they can plan with.' Pullach, 1 March 2017 - Sixt Leasing SE, one of the largest bank- and manufacturer-independent full-service leasing companies in Germany, today began to pilot its vision of the new vehicle sales of the future. For the first time, customers can now make use of a new vehicles flat rate in an entirely digital ordering process. To launch this service in the market, the company has entered into an exclusive sales partnership with the mobile telephony and internet service provider 1&1. Thereby, Sixt Leasing is demonstrating the direction in which the new vehicles market in Germany will develop in the next few years. Rudolf Rizzolli, CEO of Sixt Leasing SE: 'The market for new vehicles is the last major market in Germany not yet to have gone digital. Sales still almost exclusively occur conventionally via local dealerships. However, an increasing number of customers not only want to compare but also order vehicles online just like other consumer goods, ideally paying a monthly flat rate for their use that encompasses all the services and costs relating to the vehicle. Sixt Leasing is in the pole position to promote the digitalisation of this huge market, which is worth almost 100 billion euros in Germany alone.' The new vehicles flat rate being offered within the partnership with 1&1 covers the use of a comprehensively equipped Peugeot 208 from sixt- neuwagen.de. For 99.99 euros a month (incl. VAT), the customers receive a brand-new vehicle with a full manufacturer's warranty and a carefree package comprising all the costs relating to vehicle transfer, registration, taxes and insurance. No down payments are necessary. The paintwork, duration and mileage can all be tailored to the customer's requirements. With the Flexi-Lease Option that can be booked additionally, the 12-month term can be flexibly extended to up to 30 months at a later point in time. For the first time, the order process is supported by an entirely digital e-commerce process developed by sixt-neuwagen.de. Customers can simply place their desired configuration in the online shopping basket and perform all the order steps using their terminal device. The entire process of ordering a new vehicle based on a monthly flat rate is digital thanks to the incorporation of eSign, a video-ident procedure and an online credit check. During the promotional period, the new process is exclusively available to 1&1 customers who book a 1&1 All-Net-Flat package. Rudolf Rizzolli: 'When we launched our sixt-neuwagen.de online platform in 2012 we created an alternative to the local dealer. Now, also printing out, filling in and signing documents as well as identification via post are a thing of the past, too. These innovations close the final analogue gap in the ordering process. The future of the new vehicles market is digital.' The sales partnership between 1&1 and Sixt Neuwagen launched today brings together two brands that fit very well together, both of them standing for digital innovations and customer-oriented processes. The familiar principle of the flat rate, which is popular with the customers, is now also being transferred to new vehicles as a product. With its 'flat rate for the road', i.e. an all-in mobility package with instalments and with a duration that can be tailored flexibly to an individual's needs, Sixt Neuwagen is systematically expanding its service portfolio, thereby consolidating its position as a first mover in the online new vehicles market. The joint promotion will run until the end of June 2017 and will be accompanied by an advertising campaign on television as well as in online and print media. --- About Sixt Leasing: Sixt Leasing SE (WKN: A0DPRE / ISIN: DE000A0DPRE6) based in Pullach near Munich is one of Germany's leading independent vehicle leasing service providers and is also involved in fleet leasing and fleet management, both in Germany and elsewhere in Europe. With its full-service portfolio, the company enables the mobility of its private and corporate customers. Private and commercial customers use the online platform sixt-neuwagen.de to lease new vehicles affordably. Corporate customers benefit from the cost-saving leasing of their vehicle fleet and from efficient fleet management. Sixt Leasing SE has been listed in the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) since 7 May 2015. In 2015 the Group generated consolidated revenues of 665 million euros. www.sixt-leasing.com Contact: Sixt Leasing SE Corporate Communications Stefan Kraus +49 89 74444 4518 [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01.03.2017 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: Sixt Leasing SE Zugspitzstraße 1 82049 Pullach Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 744 44 - 4518 Fax: +49 (0)89 744 44 - 8 4518 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.sixt-leasing.de ISIN: DE000A0DPRE6 WKN: A0DPRE Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 549115 01.03.2017