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Ernst Russ AG and Pareto Securities AS together launch an independent investment firm to focus on the German market

DGAP-News: Ernst Russ AG / Key word(s): Joint Venture Ernst Russ AG and Pareto Securities AS together launch an independent investment firm to focus on the German market 06.06.2017 / 13:19 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Ernst Russ AG and Pareto Securities AS together launch an independent investment firm to focus on the German market

- New independent investment firm to be named Pareto Securities GmbH established in Germany, with headquarters in Hamburg

- Service offering for German issuers and clients includes full range of corporate finance and fund-raising services

- Wide range of investment products to be offered to German institutional investors

Hamburg, 6 June 2017 Announced at the end of 2016, Ernst Russ AG and Pareto Securities AS have established an independent investment firm, Pareto Securities GmbH. It will, together with Pareto Alternative Investments GmbH & Co. KG and Pareto Restructuring Advisors GmbH, form part of Pareto Holding GmbH.

Pareto will in Germany offer a wide range of corporate finance services to German clients and issuers, including project and bond financing solutions. Additionally, Pareto will provide German institutional investors with an array of investment opportunities, including fixed income products (e.g. Nordic bonds) and structured products such as AIFs. Within the corporate finance services, Pareto will offer a spectrum of further company financing, advisory and auxiliary services, including restructuring advice for banks, owners and investors within the German maritime industry.

By drawing on the deal flow and international investor access of the Pareto group world-wide with the local market access of Ernst Russ AG, the new set-up will be able to offer international investment opportunities to the German institutional investor market, as well as access to international investors for German issuers and clients.

The managing directors of Pareto Holding GmbH and Pareto Securities GmbH are Jan Eike Schuldt and Rolf Darboven Zapffe. The Pareto restructuring unit will be led by Kai Afflerbach.