DGAP-News: publity AG / Key word(s): Contract publity awarded additional asset management mandate 30.03.2017 / 10:35 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leipzig, 30 March 2017 - publity AG has received an additional asset management mandate from an institutional investor. As a result, publity is addressing a new category of office properties in terms of size - with purchase prices of between EUR 10 and 25 million. publity's client is Consus Commercial Property AG ("Consus Commercial Property"). publity will identify attractive office properties on the German market for Consus Commercial Property, provide support during the purchase process and act as the asset manager to subsequently grow the properties' value. The corresponding contractual agreement has been concluded at publity's standard conditions. These properties have market values of between EUR 10 and 25 million, which means that publity will be working for Consus in a less competitive environment compared to other size categories. Consus is thus addressing above average potential for returns and for increasing value using an added-value approach and by acquiring properties in extraordinary situations. The investment focus will be on established office locations in German city regions. An investment portfolio of commercial properties, bought individually, and with a market value in excess of EUR 200 million, was acquired at the start of the alliance. The sellers were various institutional investors. publity believes that Consus Commercial Property will dynamically expand its purchased volume in the coming quarters. Thomas Olek, publity's CEO and major shareholder, is invested in Consus Commercial Property as a private individual via his investment company. Thomas Olek, publity's CEO: "We are very pleased with this new mandate. It will allow us to supplement the purchasing profiles we implement for other customers without any overlaps. It will thus allow us to further increase our assets under management. This results in remuneration as an asset manager for publity - in particular for the purchase of and then growing the value of the properties. I am convinced that Consus occupies a highly attractive market niche, and that publity can contribute substantial added value as an asset manager." Press contact: Financial press and Investor Relations: edicto GmbH Axel Mühlhaus, Peggy Kropmanns Phone: +49 69 905505-52 E-mail: [email protected] About publity publity AG is an asset manager specialising in office properties in Germany. The company covers a broad value chain, from purchases through to the development and sale of the properties, and also has a track record of several hundred successful transactions. publity is characterised by its strong network in the real estate sector as well as banks' Work Out departments, and has excellent access to funding. The company has excellent access to investment funds and executes its transactions quickly using a highly efficient process with tried and trusted partners. In some cases, publity acts as a co-investor in joint venture transactions to a limited extent. publity AG's shares (ISIN DE0006972508) are traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Scale. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30.03.2017 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: publity AG Landsteinerstr. 6 04103 Leipzig Germany Phone: 0341 26178710 Fax: 0341 2617832 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.publity.de ISIN: DE0006972508 WKN: 697250 Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Open Market (Scale) in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 560009 30.03.2017