DGAP-Ad-hoc: AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Share Buyback AURELIUS is starting a share buyback program for an amount of up to EUR 20 million 21-Aug-2018 / 11:51 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insider Information according to Article 17 MAR AURELIUS is starting a share buyback program for an amount of up to EUR 20 million Munich/Grünwald, August 21, 2018 - Exercising the authorization resolved by the Company's annual general meeting held on May 18, 2018, the Executive Board of AURELIUS Management SE as the personally liable shareholder of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) (the "Company") today resolved to implement a share buyback program in the amount of up to EUR 20 million (excluding acquisition expenses) (the "Share Buyback Program 2018"). Within the Share Buyback Program 2018, it is planned to buy back up to 400,000 of the Company's shares, in the time from August 24, 2018 to August 31, 2019. The share buyback will be carried out in accordance with the Safe Harbor Rules defined under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated April 16, 2014, in conjunction with the provisions of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of the Commission dated March 8, 2016. The Company will announce further details separately prior to the commencement of the Share Buyback Program 2018. Contact: AURELIUS Group Anke Banaschewski Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Phone: +49 (89) 544799-0 Fax: +49 (89) 544799-55 E-Mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21-Aug-2018 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA Ludwig-Ganghofer-Straße 6 82031 Grünwald Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 544 799-0 Fax: +49 (0)89 544 799-55 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.aureliusinvest.de ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8 WKN: A0JK2A Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich (m:access), Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 715927 21-Aug-2018 CET/CEST