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ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA: ProCredit Holding prepares to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

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ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA: ProCredit Holding prepares to list on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange

08.12.2016 / 07:00
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ProCredit Holding prepares to list on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange

- Listing envisaged on the regulated market segment of the Frankfurt
Stock Exchange (Prime Standard)

- Greater flexibility for the ProCredit group to capture attractive
growth prospects

Frankfurt am Main,08 December 2016 - ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA
(ProCredit Holding) today announced its intention to pursue a listing on
the regulated market segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime
Standard) in the coming months. The stock market listing is aimed at
increasing the general flexibility of ProCredit Holding in obtaining access
to new shareholders that would like to participate in the company's growth
plans. The current shareholders support the envisaged listing. No offering
of shares in ProCredit Holding will be made in connection with the intended
listing.

As a profitable, development-oriented commercial banking group for small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the ProCredit group is exposed to the
highly attractive and growing banking markets of South Eastern and Eastern
Europe. The group is headquartered in Frankfurt/Main and also operates in
Germany and in South America. It pursues a mission of promoting sustainable
development with an ethical corporate culture and long-term business
relationships. The group has demonstrated a track record of consistently
high loan portfolio quality and has been profitable every year since its
creation as a banking group in 2003.

Borislav Kostadinov, Member of the Management Board of ProCredit Holding:
"The envisaged stock market listing takes the success story of ProCredit to
the next level. We believe that this step will further foster our
successful strategy of serving SMEs - the backbone of economic development
in South Eastern and Eastern Europe - as their 'Hausbank'. We are confident
that the stock market listing of ProCredit Holding will facilitate its
access to like-minded investors since we strive to broaden and further
strengthen our international investor base."

From 2013 to 2015, the ProCredit group increased its return on average
equity (RoAE) from 7.7 % to 10.5%. As of 30 September 2016, the group's