DGAP-Ad hoc: DF Deutsche Forfait AG

DGAP-Adhoc: DF Deutsche Forfait AG: Insolvency proceedings opened as planned

DF Deutsche Forfait AG / Key word(s): Restructure of Company/Insolvency

05.01.2016 10:15

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DF Deutsche Forfait AG: Insolvency proceedings opened as planned

- Debtor-in-possession status to be retained

Cologne, 5 January 2016 - On 1 January 2016, the Cologne local court resolved to open the insolvency proceedings for DF Deutsche Forfait AG (Prime Standard ISIN: DE000A14KN88) as planned and ordered that the debtor-in-possession status be retained. On 29 September 2015, DF Deutsche Forfait AG had applied for the opening of a "Schutzschirmverfahren in Eigenverwaltung" (a three-month phase of creditor protection with debtor-in-possession status), which was approved by the court because of the prospect of the company being restructured successfully. In the ensuing months, the Board of Management, together with the provisional insolvency monitor and the creditors' committee, pushed ahead with the restructuring. The fact that the creditors' committee unanimously approved the continuation of the proceedings with the company retaining the debtor-in-possession status clearly reflects the confidence placed by the creditors in the successful restructuring. On this basis, the Board of Management of DF Deutsche Forfait AG will agree the insolvency plan with the creditor groups and submit it to the court as soon as possible.

DF Deutsche Forfait AG

Christoph Charpentier Kattenbug 18 - 24 50667 Cologne T +49 221 97376-37 F +49 221 97376-60 E investor.relations@dfag.de http://www.dfag.de

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: DF Deutsche Forfait AG Kattenbug 18-24 50667 Köln Germany Phone: +49 (0)221 - 973 76 0 Fax: E-mail: dfag@dfag.de Internet: www.dfag.de ISIN: DE000A14KN88, DE000A1R1CC4, WKN: A14KN8, A1R1CC Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------