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Deutsche Börse AG / Share Buy-Back Programme

08.08.2018 / 16:46
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Frankfurt am Main, 8 August 2018

Announcement according to Article 2 paragraph 1 of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2016/1052 to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (MAR)

Share Buy-Back Programme

The share buy-back programme announced by Deutsche Börse AG in the ad hoc
announcement of 5 December 2017 will be implemented starting 13 August 2018
on the basis of the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on
17 May 2017. In the period up to 28 December 2018 at the latest, a maximum
number of 11,405,577 shares of the company (ISIN: DE0005810055) are to be
repurchased exclusively via electronic trading on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (Xetra) at a total cost of up to EUR 200 million (excluding
incidental acquisition costs).

The share buy-back shall be carried out in accordance with the safe harbour
rules laid down in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 in conjunction
with the provisions of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052.

The repurchase is carried out exclusively for the purposes set out in
Article 5 paragraph 2 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, i.e. either to reduce
the capital, to meet obligations arising from debt financial instruments
that are exchangeable into equity instruments, or to meet obligations
arising from share option programmes, or other allocations of shares, to
employees or to members of the administrative, management or supervisory
bodies of Deutsche Börse AG or of an affiliated company.

A credit institution has been mandated for the share buy-back which makes
its trading decisions concerning the timing of the purchases of the shares
independently of and without any influence from the company.

The purchase price per repurchased share (excluding ancillary acquisition
costs) may not exceed, or fall short of the average share price (closing
auction price of the Deutsche Börse share in electronic trading on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange) on the last five trading days before entering
into the purchase obligation by more than 10%.

In addition, the credit institution has undertaken in particular to comply
with the trading conditions laid down in Article 3 of Delegated Regulation
(EU) 2016/1052 which require, inter alia, that shares shall not be
purchased at a price higher than the higher of the price of the last
independent trade and the highest, at the time of the purchase, independent
purchase bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out.
Furthermore, no more than 15% of the average daily volume of the shares on
the trading venue on which the purchase is carried out shall be purchased
on any trading day. The average daily volume is calculated as the average
daily volume traded during the 20 trading days preceding the date of
purchase.

To the extent required and legally permissible, the share buyback can be
suspended and also resumed at any time.

The transactions relating to the buy-back programme will be disclosed in
accordance with the requirements of Article 2 paragraph 3 of Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 no later than by the end of the seventh trading
day following the date of execution of such transactions.

In addition, Deutsche Börse AG will regularly report on the progress of the
share buyback at www.deutsche-boerse.com.

Deutsche Börse AG

The Executive Board

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 Language:    English
 Company:     Deutsche Börse AG
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              Germany
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