AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Share Buyback 10.10.2016 14:24 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Insider Information according to Article 17 MAR AURELIUS restarts share buyback programs in an amount of up to EUR 52 million Munich/Grünwald, October 10, 2016 - In accordance with the authorization resolved by the Company's Annual General Meeting held on June 9, 2016, the Executive Board of the personally liable shareholder of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) ("Company") decided today to acquire treasury shares of the Company for the purpose of retirement and to satisfy subscription rights or subscription obligations related to shares from convertible bonds ("resolution"). For this purpose, a total of up to 471,000 treasury shares of the Company are to be bought back in the period from October 17, 2016, to October 16, 2019. The Executive Board appropriated an amount of EUR 26 million as the largest possible total purchase price for the acquisition of shares of the Company (excluding acquisition expenses). In addition, the Supervisory Board agreed that the Executive Board of the personally liable shareholder can resolve other share buyback programs in the amount of up to an additional EUR 26 million at its own discretion in the period from October 17, 2016, to October 16, 2019. The share buyback programs thus have an aggregate amount of up to EUR 52 million. The 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 Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of the Commission dated March 8, 2016. In accordance with the authorization on the part of the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on June 9, 2016, the purchase price per share (excluding acquisition expenses) may not exceed or fall short of the price of a share of the Company as determined on the trading date by the opening auction in Xetra trading by more than 10 percent. In addition, in accordance with Art. 3(2) of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 dated March 8, 2016, in connection with the buyback program, shares may not be acquired at a price that exceeds that of the most recent independently executed transaction or (if this should be higher) that exceeds that of the currently highest independent offer on the exchange on which the purchase is taking place. The repurchase of shares will be carried out under the direction of a financial institution that makes its decisions regarding the timing of the acquisition of treasury shares independent from and uninfluenced by the Company during the aforementioned period. The bank will, among other things, also undertake vis-à-vis the Company to comply with the trading conditions defined under Art. 3 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 dated March 8, 2016. The bank will be instructed by the Company to buy back up to 3,000 shares per week. The share repurchase program can be suspended and also resumed at any time where necessary and permitted under the law. Information regarding the transactions related to the repurchase program will be appropriately announced in a manner corresponding to the requirements set forth under Art. 2(3) sentence 1 in conjunction with (2) of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 dated March 8, 2016, on or before the end of the seventh trading day following the date on which such transactions are executed. In addition, the Company will publish the announced transactions in the 'Investor Relations' section of its website (www.aureliusinvest.de) in accordance with Art. 2(3) sentence 2 of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 dated March 8, 2016, and ensure that the information remains publicly accessible for a minimum of five years from the date of the appropriate announcement. 10.10.2016 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, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Open Market in Frankfurt End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------