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Corporate | 30 April 2015 16:10

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Annual General Meeting: Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE pays 11.4 percent higher dividends and to have new name from autumn

  

Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE / Key word(s): Real Estate/AGM/EGM  

  

2015-04-30 / 16:10  

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PRESS RELEASE

**Annual General Meeting: Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE**  

**pays 11.4 percent higher dividends and to have new name from autumn**

– Dividend of EUR 0.78 per share approved

– Shareholders approve name change to “Vonovia”

– New capital measures authorised

– Combined forecast on June 1 st for the first time

*Düsseldorf, April 30, 2015* – The Management Board of Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE (“Deutsche Annington”) has presented its results for the 2014 financial year to its shareholders at its ordinary Annual General Meeting and reiterated its positive outlook for the future performance of the company.

The shareholders approved the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.78 per share for the 2014 financial year. This represents an increase of 11.4 % on the previous year.

“In the second year after our IPO, we are already in an excellent position as an internationally sought-after company with a free float that now stands at 94 %. Having increased by more than 55 % in 2014, shares in Deutsche Annington offer both growth in value and a suitable dividend. We have also invested a record amount of EUR 346 million in our residential units. In terms of our portfolio’s total living area, that corresponds to around EUR 29 per square metre, which is a leading figure in our industry. Our investment is split almost equally between maintaining and modernising our real estate portfolio.” This was the synopsis that Rolf Buch, Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Annington, gave to some 200 shareholders and guests. “Our results in the 2014 financial year demonstrate that our strategy of focusing in equal measure on the needs of our shareholders and the satisfaction of our tenants is paying off. We will continue to pursue this approach, since it is in the interest of our shareholders and the capital market to ensure that our customers are satisfied”.

Following the successful takeover bid made to GAGFAH, which around 94 % of shareholders approved, the merger of Deutsche Annington and GAGFAH has created Germany’s leading real estate company with a European dimension, which will continue to be based in North Rhine-Westphalia. The new identity of this company will now also be reflected in a new name. Rolf Buch: “We have opted for a completely new name, since it was not possible to combine GAGFAH and Deutsche Annington. VONOVIA is a created name without any original meaning – neither in Germany nor in the many different countries where our tenants live.” Shareholders today approved the name change to VONOVIA. The newly merged company will therefore officially operate as Vonovia SE during the year.

The Annual General Meeting also approved new authorised and conditional capital. “This will enable us to lay the foundations for further growth. We want to continue to play an active role in the consolidation of the German residential real estate market. Even as the clear number one in this market, our market share is only around 1.5 %,” said Rolf Buch. “It goes without saying that we will continue to adhere to strict criteria in the future: We will only make a purchase if it will lead to a quantifiable increase in value and we will only acquire real estate that represents a good geographical fit for us and that we can manage properly by having the necessary proximity to the customer.”

The Management Board reiterated its forecast for 2015. All of the figures for the outlook for this year take into account the acquisitions of DeWAG, Vitus and Franconia but not the merger with GAGFAH. When the figures for Q1 2015 are published on June 1, 2015, Deutsche Annington will present a forecast for the current financial year that pertains to the combined company for the first time.

Due to her new position at DEKA Bank, Manuela Better will step down from her appointment on the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Annington effective May 31, 2015 at the request of the European Central Bank.

The Annual General Meeting approved all of the resolutions presented by the Management Board and Supervisory Board by a large majority. Detailed voting results will be published at www.deutsche-annington.com.

**About Deutsche Annington**  

Deutsche Annington is Germany’s leading real estate company with a European dimension. As at December 31, 2014, Deutsche Annington owned some 203,000 residential units. Deutsche Annington can be found at 550 locations across Germany with 3,850 employees and offers customer-oriented services. Following the integration of GAGFAH, the company now owns around 350,000 residential units and provides one million people across Germany with a reliable and affordable home. Its portfolio is worth approximately EUR 21 billion. Deutsche Annington is listed on the MDAX of the German stock exchange.

**Contact:**  

Thomas Eisenlohr  

Head of Investor Relations  

Phone: + 49 234-314-2384  

Thomas.Eisenlohr@deutsche-annington.com

Klaus Markus  

Head of Corporate Communications  

Phone: +49 234-314-1149  

Klaus.Markus@deutsche-annington.com

**More information about Deutsche Annington shares:**  

Approval: Regulated Market / Prime Standard, Frankfurt Stock Exchange  

ISIN: DE000A1ML7J1  

WKN: A1ML7J  

Common code 094567408  

Registered office of Deutsche Annington: Münsterstrasse 248, 40470 Düsseldorf, Germany  

Business address of Deutsche Annington: Philippstrasse 3, 44803 Bochum, Germany

**Important information**

This press release has been issued by Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE and/or its subsidiaries (together “DAIG”) solely for information purposes.

This press release may contain statements, assumptions, opinions and predictions about the anticipated future development of DAIG (“forward-looking statements”), which reproduce various assumptions regarding results that have been derived from DAIG’s current business or from publicly available sources that have not been subject to an independent audit or in-depth evaluation by DAIG and which may turn out to be incorrect at a later stage. All forward-looking statements express current expectations based on the current business plan and various other assumptions, and therefore do not come with insignificant risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements should not therefore be taken as a guarantee for future performance or results and, furthermore, do not necessarily constitute appropriate indicators that the forecast results will be achieved. All forward-looking statements relate solely to the day on which this press release was issued to its recipients. It is the responsibility of the recipients of this press release to conduct a more detailed analysis of the validity of forward-looking statements and the underlying assumptions.

DAIG accepts no responsibility for any direct or indirect damages or losses or subsequent damages or losses, as well as penalties that the recipients may incur by using the press release, its contents, and in particular all forward-looking statements, or in any other way, as far as this is legally permissible. DAIG does not provide any guarantees or assurances (neither explicitly nor implicitly) in respect of the information contained in this press release.

DAIG is not obliged to update or correct the information, forward-looking statements or conclusions drawn in this press release, or to include subsequent events or circumstances or to report inaccuracies that become known after the date of this press release.

  

  

  

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| Language: | English |
| Company: | Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE |
|     | Münsterstraße 248 |
|     | 40470 Düsseldorf |
|     | Germany |
| Phone: | +49 234 314 2384 |
| Fax: | +49 234 314 888 2384 |
| E-mail: | investorrelations@deutsche-annington.com |
| Internet: | www.deutsche-annington.com |
| ISIN: | DE000A1ML7J1 |
| WKN: | A1ML7J |
| Indices: | MDAX |
| Listed: | Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart |
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