Ad hoc announcement pursuant to § 15 WpHG: DF Deutsche Forfait AG – No sufficient quorum in bondholders’ vote

• Necessary minimum quorum of 50% not reached; 39,2 % of the outstanding bond capital participated
• Second bondholders’ vote in the form of a physical meeting to be held presumably in mid-February 2015

The Board of Management of DF Deutsche Forfait AG (Prime Standard ISIN: DE0005488795) announces that the necessary quorum of at least 50% of the outstanding bonds was not reached at the vote without a meeting of the investors in the 2013/20 corporate bond (ISIN: DE000A1R1CC4). Bondholders representing EUR 11.76 million of the total bonds participated in the vote between 20 January 2015 (0:00 h) and 22 January 2015 (24:00 h). This is equivalent to 39.2 % of the total bond capital outstanding, which means that the bondholders vote had no quorum, although 98.3 % of the participating bond volume agreed with the restructuring concept. The company will convene a bondholders’ vote in the form of a physical meeting in mid-February. The invitation will presumably be published in the Federal Gazette (Bundesanzeiger) at short notice.