GRENKELEASING AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase 04.02.2016 16:29 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG - ISIN DE000A161N30 Not for distribution or release in or into the United States of America, Australia, Canada or Japan, or in any other jurisdiction in which offers or sales would be prohibited by applicable law. GRENKELEASING AG intends scrip dividend Baden-Baden, February 4, 2016 The supervisory board of GRENKELEASING AG resolved today to approve the proposal of the management board to provide the ordinary shareholders' meeting of GRENKELEASING AG, which will take place on May 3, 2016, with the proposal to pay a dividend of EUR 1.50 per ordinary share for the business year 2015 payable on May 30, 2016. As already in 2014, the shareholders shall again have the right to receive the dividend according to their election either solely in cash or partially in cash and partially in shares of GRENKELEASING AG, which will be issued close to the market price ("Scrip Dividend"). The existing authorized capital shall be utilized after the ordinary shareholders' meeting of GRENKELEASING AG scheduled for May 3, 2016, to issue the new shares of GRENKELEASING AG required for the Scrip Dividend. The management and supervisory board shall resolve on that date on a capital increase against contribution in kind with subscription rights of the shareholders. These resolutions will be further substantiated by additional resolutions of the management and supervisory board to be resolved upon in the course of the Scrip Dividend. For further information please contact: Renate Hauss Phone: +49 7221 5007-204 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: http://www.grenke.de This document is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States. This document does not constitute or form part of an offer of securities or subscription rights for sale or solicitation of an offer to purchase securities or subscription rights in the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan or in any other jurisdiction where such offer may be restricted. The securities and subscription rights referred to in this document have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of US persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act), except on the basis of an applicable exemption from registration or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of securities and subscription rights in the United States or anywhere else, except for Germany. 04.02.2016 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: GRENKELEASING AG Neuer Markt 2 76532 Baden-Baden Germany Phone: +49 (0)7221 50 07-204 Fax: +49 (0)7221 50 07-4218 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.grenke.de ISIN: DE000A161N30 WKN: A161N3 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------