DF Deutsche Forfait AG: Permanent transmission stop of shareholder data

Clearstream Banking¹ informs its customers that it will not be possible to enter and transfer instructions for re-registration/registration and shareholder data change for DF Deutsche Forfait AG (DE000A14KN88) from

27 January 2016

until further notice.

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1. This Announcement is published by Clearstream Banking AG (CBF), registered office at Mergenthalerallee 61, 65760 Eschborn, Germany, registered with the Commercial Register of the District Court in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, under number HRB 7500.