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publity expands NPL portfolio to around EUR 3.2 billion

DGAP-News: publity AG / Key word(s): Funds/Incoming Orders publity expands NPL portfolio to around EUR 3.2 billion 23.02.2017 / 09:00 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

- Additional mandate to exploit a further NPL portfolio with receivables of around EUR 831 million

- 5-year servicing agreement with international investor

- Portfolio includes approx. 980 real estate loans

 

Leipzig, 23 February 2017 - publity AG (Entry Standard, ISIN DE0006972508) has received a new mandate from an international investor to exploit a portfolio of non-performing loans (NPL) with receivables totalling around 831 million. The volume of the total NPL portfolio assigned to publity for servicing has thus increased to around EUR 3.2 billion.

NPL business is the second pillar of publity AG's business activities. It supplements the core business of co-investments in joint ventures with institutional investors, for which the real estate assets under management now also total around EUR 3 billion. The new NPL portfolio includes approx. 980 real estate loans, mostly from large German banks. As part of the servicing agreement publity will take over the processing and exploitation of the transferred portfolio for a 5-year period and will participate substantially in the exploitation income.

Thomas Olek, publity AG's CEO, explained: "We are very pleased that we have been able to significantly further expand our NPL business. Once again, our expertise, our many years of experience and our strong network have paid off. What is more, we have been able to substantially further reinforce our position as Germany's largest NPL servicer."

The law firm CMS Hasche Sigle, with a team headed by its Lead Partner Frank Schneider, is responsible for end-to-end legal consulting for the transaction.

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About publity

publity AG is an asset manager specialising in office properties in Germany. The company covers a broad value chain, from purchases through to the development and sale of the properties, and also has a track record of several hundred successful transactions. publity is characterised by its strong network in the real estate sector as well as banks' Work Out departments, and has excellent access to funding. The company has excellent access to investment funds and executes its transactions quickly using a highly efficient process with tried and trusted partners. In some cases, publity acts as a co-investor in joint venture transactions to a limited extent. publity AG's shares (ISIN DE0006972508) are traded on Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Entry Standard.

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