GESCO AG: Share split of registered shares at a ratio of 1:2

Clearstream Banking¹ hereby informs that effective ex-date

22 December 2016

there will be share split of GESCO AG registered shares (DE000A1K0201) at a ratio of 1:2.

Submission and re-registration stop

From 19 December 2016 to 22 December 2016 inclusive, no submission, re-registration or registration instructions will be forwarded from CASCADE-RS to the share register. The next transmission will on 23 December 2016.

Transfer of shares

With value date 22 December 2016, GESCO AG registered shares will be credited to the banks at a ratio of 1:2, that is, the banks will receive one additional GESCO AG registered share for each GESCO AG registered share.

Stock exchange trades, CCP and OTC trades

For stock exchange and CCP trades that are still pending on the evening of 22 December 2016, the nominal amounts will be automatically increased at a ratio of 1:2. CASCADE-OTC transactions will be transferred automatically.

No registration of shareholders by re-registration

The banks are not to initiate any special notifications in the share register after implementing the share split.

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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.