Hypoport AG / Key word(s): Share Buyback 01.11.2016 19:06 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inside information pursuant to article 17 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Hypoport AG approves share repurchase programme Berlin, 1 November 2016: The Management Board of Hypoport AG decided today to repurchase Company's own shares via the stock market. The total value of the share repurchase is set at EUR5.0 million plus transaction costs. The maximum price per share has been set to no more than EUR80.00 plus transaction costs. The share repurchase programme is to be concluded by no later than 31 March 2017. This resolution follows the authorisation granted by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 10 June 2016 for the Company to purchase its own shares. The shares can be used for all of the purposes stated in the authorisation granted by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting. These include use of the shares as payment in the context of acquisitions and for servicing employee share ownership programmes. The Supervisory Board has approved this share repurchase programme. The repurchase programme will be carried out in compliance with the provisions of Articles 5, 14 and 15 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 16 April 2014 (Market Abuse Regulation) in conjunction with the provisions of Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2016/1052 of the Commission dated 8 March 2016 (Delegated Regulation) with the exception of the purpose of repurchase. The latter is more broadly formulated than envisaged in Article 5 (2) of the Market Abuse Regulation. Further details will be announced before the start of the share buyback via press release. About Hypoport AG The Hypoport Group is a technology-based financial service provider. The business model is based on its three mutually supporting business units: Private Clients, Financial Service Providers, and Institutional Clients. All three units are engaged in the distribution of financial services, facilitated or supported by finance-technology ('fintech'). As a wholly- owned subsidiary of Hypoport, Europace AG develops and operates the web- based EUROPACE financial marketplace, which is Germany's largest platform for mortgages, building finance products and personal loans. A fully integrated system links more than 350 partners - banks, insurers and financial product distributors. Several thousand users execute some 35.000 transactions worth a total of up to EUR4 billion on EUROPACE every month. The Hypoport subsidiary Dr. Klein & Co. AG is an independent online distributor of financial products. This firm's specialists provide private clients with a full range of advisory services around mortgage finance, insurance and retirement planning. DR. KLEIN Firmenkunden AG has been a major financial service partner to housing companies and commercial property investors since 1954. Hypoport AG is headquartered in Berlin, employs about 800 people and is listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. At the end of 2015 Hypoport was admitted to the SDAX. Contact: Michaela Reimann Head of Investor Relations & Public Affairs Hypoport AG Klosterstraße 71 D-10179 Berlin Tel.: +49 (0) 30 / 4 20 86 - 1936 E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.hypoport.de Twitter: http://twitter.com/Hypoport 01.11.2016 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Hypoport AG Klosterstraße 71 10179 Berlin Germany Phone: +49/30 42086-0 Fax: +49/30 42086-1999 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.hypoport.de ISIN: DE0005493365 WKN: 549336 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------