DF Deutsche Forfait AG — Major Shareholding Notification 2008

Oct 27, 2008

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Corporate | 27 October 2008 14:32

DF Deutsche Forfait AG: Changes to the shareholder structure increase free-float

DF Deutsche Forfait AG / Capital Reorganisation

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• Principle shareholder Forfait Investment GmbH distributes DF shares as
  property dividends to shareholders
• Free-float will increase to 46.8%

Cologne, 27 October 2008 – DF Deutsche Forfait AG (Prime Standard, ISIN:
DE0005488795) announces that the amount of company shares in free-float
will increase from 32.3% to 46.8%. The increase in free-float shares is
expected to improve the liquidity of the company share.

The reason for increasing the free-float stock is the decision by Forfait
Investment GmbH, DF Deutsche Forfait AG’s largest shareholder up to now
with 32.1%, to distribute a portion of the DF shares it holds to its
shareholders as property dividends. The decision to distribute shares is
attributable to changes in taxation laws, in particular in connection with
the introduction of the withholding tax at the start of 2009. Shareholders
in Forfait Investment GmbH are the three Management Board members, five DF
Deutsche Forfait AG supervisory board members as well as other private
investors.

The distribution of dividends will reduce Forfait Investment GmbH’s stake
in DF Deutsche Forfait AG share capital from 32.1% to 10.2%.

As a result, the stake held directly by the company’s three Management
Board members will increase from 14.7% to 15.9%, while the stake held
directly by the five supervisory board members with holdings and their
relatives will rise from 2.5% to 9.3%.

The stakes of the remaining Forfait Investment GmbH shareholders as well as
the shares distributed to management and supervisory board members will be
released into free-float, as long as the stake held by one individual
shareholder is no larger than 5.0% of the share capital. The amount of
free-float stock therefore will increase from 32.3% to 46.8% according to
the definition provided by Deutsche Börse AG.

DF Deutsche Forfait AG
Investor Relations
Kattenbug 18 - 24
50667 Cologne
T +49 221 97376-37
F +49 221 97376-60
E investor.relations@dfag.de
http://www.dfag.de

27.10.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: DF Deutsche Forfait AG
Kattenbug 18-24
50667 Köln
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)221 - 973 76 0
Fax: +49 (0)221 - 973 76 76
E-mail: dfag@dfag.de
Internet: www.dfag.de
ISIN: DE0005488795
WKN: 548879
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart

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