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Aareal Bank Group's sustainability management honoured again

DGAP-News: Aareal Bank AG / Key word(s): Sustainability/Rating Aareal Bank Group's sustainability management honoured again 15.05.2017 / 11:54 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Aareal Bank Group's sustainability management honoured again Wiesbaden, 15 May 2017 - Aareal Bank Group's sustainability performance has again been rated positively by leading sustainability rating agencies. Aareal Bank Group currently has an AA-ESG rating from MSCI ESG Research, and thus ranks among the top 15 % of its sector. The rating agency Sustainalytics continues to classify Aareal Bank Group as outperformer (Overall ESG Score: 71 out of 100 possible points). imug Beratungsgesellschaft für sozial-ökologische Innovationen mbH rated Aareal Bank "BBB positive" in the category "Uncovered Bonds" (Senior Unsecured Bonds). Aareal Bank thus ranks second of 109 financial institutions rated in total. Aareal Bank's unsecured bonds therefore continue to fulfil investor requirements from a sustainability perspective.

"Companies that do business sustainably by managing economic, ecological and social aspects in a responsible manner ensure their future", explains Hermann J. Merkens, Chairman of the Management Board of Aareal Bank AG. "Conversely, firms that take their long-term viability as their yardstick also do business sustainably. More than ever before, there is pressure on companies to make a contribution to sustainable economic and social development. The highly positive rating results again document the extension and development of our group-wide sustainability performance."

Further information on Aareal Bank Group's sustainability management is available under www.aareal-bank.com/en/responsibility/ on the newly designed Internet sites on "Responsibility", together with the Sustainability Disclosures and the latest Sustainability Report entitled "#Thinking ahead. Acting consciously."

Aareal Bank Group

Aareal Bank Group, headquartered in Wiesbaden, is a leading international property specialist. It provides smart financings, software products, and digital solutions for the property sector and related industries, and is present across three continents: Europe, North America and Asia. Aareal Bank AG, whose shares are included in Deutsche Börse's MDAX index, is the Group's parent entity. It manages the various entities organised in the Group's two business segments: Structured Property Financing and Consulting /Services. The Structured Property Financing segment encompasses all of Aareal Bank Group's property financing and funding activities. In this segment, the Bank facilitates property investment projects for its domestic and international clients, within the framework of a three-continent strategy covering Europe, North America and Asia. In its Consulting/Services segment Aareal Bank Group offers its European clients from the property and energy sectors a unique combination of specialised banking services as well as innovative digital products and services, designed to help clients optimise and enhance the efficiency of their business processes.