Munich/Grünwald, October 10, 2016 – In accordance with the authorization resolved by the Company's Annual General Meeting held on June 9, 2016, the Executive Board of the personally liable shareholder of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) ("Company") decided today to acquire treasury shares of the Company for the purpose of retirement and to satisfy subscription rights or subscription obligations related to shares from convertible bonds ("resolution"). For this purpose, a total of up to 471,000 treasury shares of the Company are to be bought back in the period from October 17, 2016, to October 16, 2019. The Executive Board appropriated an amount of EUR 26 million as the largest possible total purchase price for the acquisition of shares of the Company (excluding acquisition expenses).

In addition, the Supervisory Board agreed that the Executive Board of the personally liable shareholder can resolve other share buyback programs in the amount of up to an additional EUR 26 million at its own discretion in the period from October 17, 2016, to October 16, 2019. The share buyback programs thus have an aggregate amount of up to EUR 52 million.