DGAP-Ad-hoc: CECONOMY AG / Key word(s): Mergers & Acquisitions/Corporate Action CECONOMY AG: CECONOMY AG reports on further progress of its talks concerning a potential acquisition of a 15% stake in PJSC M.video against transfer of the Russian business of Media-Saturn Group and considers an equity measure 19-Jun-2018 / 12:25 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH (MSH), a majority shareholding of CECONOMY AG (CECONOMY), is in very advanced talks with a company of Safmar Group (Safmar) relating to an agreement concerning the acquisition of a 15% stake in publicly listed PJSC M.video (M.video), the leading Russian consumer electronics retailer, by MSH and the transfer of its entire loss-making Russian MediaMarkt business to Safmar. These talks could come to a conclusion shortly. With a view to preserving sufficient leeway and to strengthening the balance sheet of CECONOMY for further strategic measures, also with regard to the consequences of the realization of the afore mentioned transaction, CECONOMY considers carrying out a share capital increase of up to 10%. The capital increase would occur out of existing authorized share capital under exclusion of existing shareholders' subscription rights. A final decision will be taken at a later point in time. Person making the notification: Sebastian Kauffmann, Vice President Investor Relations, CECONOMY AG --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19-Jun-2018 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: CECONOMY AG Benrather Straße 18-20 40213 Düsseldorf Germany Phone: +49 (0)211 5408-7223 Fax: +49 (0)211 5408-7005 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ceconomy.de ISIN: DE0007257503, DE0007257537, Weitere: www.ceconomy.de/de/investor-relations/ WKN: 725750, 725753, Weitere: www.ceconomy.de/de/investor-relations/ Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 696563 19-Jun-2018 CET/CEST