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DIC Asset AG: DIC Asset AG Plans to Issue Corporate Bond

DIC Asset AG  / Key word(s): Bond14.06.2013 07:32Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmittedby DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Ad-hoc disclosurepursuant to section 15 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG)The SDAX-listed real estate company DIC Asset AG (WKN 509840/ ISINDE0005098404) has decided in principle to issue a second five-yearcorporate bond with a volume of at least EUR 75 million. The corporate bondshall be included in the Prime Standard for corporate bonds at DeutscheBörse AG. The company intends to use the issue proceeds to refinanceexisting bank debt on the portfolio and property level as well as forgeneral corporate purposes.As the positive experience with the first corporate bond demonstrated, thisform of capital market financing has been established as a flexible andcost-efficient component in the financing activities of DIC Asset AG. Itfurther enhances and diversifies the company's financing structure.Moreover, it will permit further optimisation of the company's financingconditions by reducing its bank debt on the portfolio and property level.On this level, the issue proceeds can be used as equity and therefore serveas an attractive alternative to classic junior or mezzanine loans. Thatway, the overall debt level and the net debt equity ratio of the companyremain unchanged.The corporate bond will be issued through a public offering of the companyin Germany, Luxembourg and Austria as well as through an internationalprivate placement with qualified investors in Germany and certain othercountries. Details on the bond are expected to be announced until earlyJuly 2013. Once approved, the prospectus required for the public offeringwill then be published on the website of DIC Asset AG.The company has appointed Bankhaus Lampe KG and Baader Bank AG to act asjoint bookrunner for the placing of the bonds.Disclaimer This document constitutes neither an offer of securities for sale nor asolicitation to purchase or subscribe securities. Any possible futurepublic offering of a debenture bond will be submitted exclusively in theform, and on the basis, of a listing prospectus to be published pending itsapproval by the respective supervisory authority. The information legallyrequired to be disclosed to investors is provided exclusively by thelisting prospectus. At a time yet to be set, the listing prospectus will bepublished on the Internet on the homepage of DIC Asset AG(www.dic-asset.de).This document constitutes neither an offer of securities for sale nor asolicitation to submit an offer for the purchase of securities in theUnited States of America, nor is it part of such an offer or such asolicitation. The securities are not, nor will they be, registered pursuantto the provisions of the United States Securities Act, and may not be soldor offered for sale in the United States of America except after priorregistration pursuant to the provisions of the US Securities Act in itslatest version or else on the basis of an exemption clause without priorregistration.The information provided in this publication must not be forwarded to orwithin the United States of America, Canada, Japan or Australia.Unless expressly stated otherwise, all of the information, data,assumptions and forward looking statements contained in this document referto information, data and forecast that were available to the company at thetime of publication. In accordance with applicable laws, DIC Asset AGassumes no obligation to, and will not, update this document in any formwhatsoever.Contact:Immo von Homeyer Head of Investor Relations & Corporate CommunicationsTel  +49 (0) 69 27 40 33 86Fax +49 (0) 69 27 40 33 69Mailto:I.vonHomeyer@dic-asset.de14.06.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language:     EnglishCompany:      DIC Asset AG              Eschersheimer Landstr. 223              60320 Frankfurt              GermanyPhone:        +49 69 9454858-86Fax:          +49 69 9454858-99E-mail:       ir@dic-asset.deInternet:     www.dic-asset.deISIN:         DE0005098404, DE000A1KQ1N3, WKN:          509840, A1KQ1N, Indices:      S-DAXListed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr              in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement                             DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------