• 55.6 million new shares placed - take-up rate of 55 percent
• Back-stop investor commitment not fully used

Hamburg / Kirkel 14 December 2012 - Praktiker AG successfully completed its capital increase. As planned, 55.6 million new shares sold at a subscription price of 1.08 euro per share certificate were placed within the subscription period that ended on 13 December 2012. 30.6 million of these shares were allocated to the holders of subscription rights. This corresponds to a subscription rate of 55 percent. Following a back-stop agreement concluded earlier on, the remaining 25.0 million shares for which the subscription rights have not been exercised were taken over at the subscription price by Donau Invest Beteiligungs Ges.m.b.H.

Thus, the capital increase resolved by the Annual General Meeting held on 4 July 2012 in Hamburg generated the anticipated gross issue proceeds of 60 million euro. The nominal capital of Praktiker AG increased from 58,000,000 euro to 113,555,556 euro.

After registration of the capital increase in the company's commercial register, the new shares are expected to be admitted for trading at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on Monday, 17 December 2012, and their trading should then start on 18 December 2012.

With this successful capital increase also the main prerequisite is fulfilled for Praktiker AG to draw on another loan in the amount of 20 million Euro in 2013 that had already been firmly contracted at an earlier stage and, in addition, to also fully draw on the 25 million euro credit line that had been committed but had so far only been available to a limited extent.

The capital increase was accompanied by Berenberg Bank as sole global coordinator and sole bookrunner.

Disclaimer:
This announcement does not contain or constitute an offer of, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for, securities to any person in the United States of America (the "United States"), in Australia, in Canada or in Japan or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The securities referred to in this announcement may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or in a transaction exempted from or not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Subject to certain exceptions, the securities referred to in this announcement may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada or Japan. The offer and sale of the securities referred to in this announcement has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada or Japan. There will be no public offer of the securities in the United States.


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