DGAP-Adhoc: Sixt SE: IPO of Sixt Leasing AG: Start of

Sixt SE / Key word(s): IPO 24.04.2015 16:13 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. IPO of Sixt Leasing AG: Start of trading planned for 7 May 2015; price range between EUR 17.90 and EUR 21.30 per share Pullach, 24 April 2015 - Sixt Leasing AG, a 100% subsidiary of the international mobility service provider Sixt SE, and Sixt SE have determined the details for the intended going public of Sixt Leasing AG ("IPO" or "Offering") together with the bank consortium for the IPO. The respective prospectus for the public offering and the admission to trading of the shares of Sixt Leasing AG was approved today by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. The Offering comprises a total of up to 12,366,955 shares in Sixt Leasing AG, consisting of up to 5,586,593 new shares from a cash capital increase and up to 5,167,281 existing shares from the holdings of Sixt SE as well as up to 1,613,081 additional existing shares from the holdings of Sixt SE to be offered as a potential overallotment. The price range will be between EUR 17.90 and EUR 21.30 per share. The offering period will start on 27 April 2015 and is expected to end on 6 May 2015. The shares of Sixt Leasing AG will be admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard). The start of trading is planned for 7 May 2015. Sixt Leasing AG intends to reduce its current external financial liabilities with the proceeds from the IPO to strengthen its capital base and thereby creating financial leeway for continued growth and a further increase in profitability due to lower interest costs. Further to the raising of new equity by Sixt Leasing AG through the placement of new shares from the capital increase with investors, Sixt SE will also in the course of the IPO inject equity by way of a cash contribution into the capital reserves of Sixt Leasing AG in the amount of EUR 30 million. Sixt Leasing AG comprises all of Sixt Group's activities in the fleet leasing, fleet management and online retail leasing businesses. As previously announced, Sixt SE intends to reduce its participation in Sixt Leasing AG to below 50% through the IPO but to hold a participation after the IPO of at least 40%. Berenberg and COMMERZBANK are acting as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, Baader Bank as further Joint Bookrunner. Contact: Sixt SE Frank Elsner Sixt Central Press Office Tel.: +49 - 89 - 99 24 96 30 Fax: +49 - 89 - 99 24 96 32 Mail: pressrelations@sixt.com These materials may not be published, distributed or transmitted in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. These materials do not constitute an offer of securities for sale or a solicitation of an offer to purchase securities (the "Shares") of Sixt Leasing AG (the "Company") in the United States, Germany or any other jurisdiction. The Shares of the Company may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Shares of the Company have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act. Any sale in the United States of the securities mentioned in this communication will be made solely to "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the Securities Act. In the United Kingdom, this document is only being distributed to and is only directed at persons who (i) are investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended) (the "Order") or (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.) (all such persons together being referred to as "Relevant Persons"). This document is directed only at Relevant Persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not Relevant Persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to Relevant Persons and will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons. This publication constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to buy securities Sixt Leasing AG. The offer is being made solely by means of, and on the basis of, the published securities prospectus (including any amendments thereto, if any). An investment decision regarding the publicly offered securities of Sixt Leasing AG should only be made on the basis of the securities prospectus. The securities prospectus for the public offering in Germany and Luxembourg is available free of charge from Sixt Leasing AG, Zugspitzstraße 1, 82049 Pullach, Germany, or on the Sixt Leasing AG website. 24.04.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Sixt SE Zugspitzstraße 1 82049 Pullach Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 74444-5104 Fax: +49 (0)89 74444-85104 E-mail: investorrelations@sixt.com Internet: http://se.sixt.de ISIN: DE0007231326, DE0007231334 Sixt Vorzüge, DE000A1K0656 Sixt Namensaktien, DE000A1E8V89 Sixt-Anleihe 2010/2016, DE000A1PGPF8 Sixt-Anleihe 2012/2018, DE000A11QGR9 Sixt-Anleihe 2014/2020 WKN: 723132 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt, Munich; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------