Rocket Internet SE / Key word(s): Investment 07.09.2016 18:32 Disclosure of an inside information according to Article 17 MAR, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public disclosure of inside information according to Article 17 para. 1 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation - MAR) Ad-hoc: Rocket Internet SE Participates in EUR 20 Million Financing Round at Home24 at a EUR 420 Million Valuation Berlin, Germany, September 7, 2016 - Rocket Internet SE ("Rocket Internet" or the "Company") (ISIN DE000A12UKK6) has committed to directly invest EUR 1.4 million of a EUR 20 million financing round at Home24 AG ("Home24"). The financing round implies a EUR 420 million post-money valuation of Home24, below Home24's last financing round valuation of EUR 981 million. Baillie Gifford and other investors are also participating in this financing round. Rocket Internet's direct and indirect stake will be 42.9% post transaction. Ends For further information, please reference the press release. Press Contact Rocket Internet [email protected] Disclaimer This document contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the current views, expectations and assumptions of the management of Rocket Internet SE ("Rocket Internet") and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those described in such statements due to, among other things, changes in the general economic and competitive environment, risks associated with capital markets, currency exchange rate fluctuations and competition from other companies, changes in international and national laws and regulations, in particular with respect to tax laws and regulations, and other factors. Rocket Internet does not assume any obligations to update any forward-looking statements. 07.09.2016 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------------