DGAP-Adhoc: Colonia Real Estate AG successfully places 2,845,990 new shares from a cash capital increase

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Colonia Real Estate AG  / Key word(s): Capital Increase

14.10.2010 08:16 

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Colonia Real Estate AG successfully places 2,845,990 new shares from a cash
capital increase

  - Gross issue proceeds from the capital increase round about EUR 10.8
    million

  - Proceeds to be used for growth and acquisitions 

Cologne, October 14, 2010 The Management Board of Colonia Real Estate AG
(ISIN:DE0006338007) (Colonia) announces the successful placement of
2,845,990 new shares from the cash capital increased resolved with the
approval of the Supervisory Board on October 13, 2010 on the basis of an
accelerated bookbuilding procedure. After the capital increase has been
entered in the commercial register, the share capital of the company will
increase from EUR 28,460,000 to EUR 31,305,990.

The gross issue proceeds total round about EUR 10.8 million, and after
issue fees and costs, is to be used largely for future expansion and the
related acquisition of residential property portfolios and for investments
in the existing residential property portfolios of the company.

The shares were placed today exclusively with German and international
institutional investors at a price of EUR 3.80 per share, a discount of
round about 4.5% to the closing price of the previous day on Xetra trading
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The subscription right of shareholders was
disapplied.

After the capital increase is implemented, the new shares are to be
admitted for trading (without a prospectus) in the regulated market of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange and to the area of the regulated market with
further listing requirements (Prime Standard) on the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange. The settlement and delivery of the new shares is scheduled for
October 20, 2010. It is expected that trading in the new shares on the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange will start on the same day.

Joh. Berenberg Gossler & Co. KG accompanied the transaction and acted as
the sole bookrunner for the cash capital increase.

Management Borad

Cologne, October 14, 2010
Colonia Real Estate AG
Zeppelinstraße 4-8
D - 50677 Cologne

Listing: Frankfurt Official Market (Prime Standard)
ISIN:  DE0006338007
SIN:  633800


Contakt
Claudia Kellert
Head of Investor Relations & Kommunikation
Zeppelinstraße 4-8, 50667 Cologne, Germany
Tel +49. (0)221. 71 60 71-0, Fax +49. (0)221. 71 60 71-99
ir@cre.ag

IMPORTANT NOTE

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (OR
TO US PERSONS), AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN, OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN
WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

This ad hoc announcement is made solely for information purposes and does
not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as an offer or
an invitation to sell, or issue or the solicitation of any offer to buy or
subscribe for Shares mentioned in this ad hoc announcement or any other
securities of Colonia Real Estate AG. In connection with this transaction
there has not been, nor will there be, any public offering of the Shares.
No prospectus will be prepared in connection with the offering of the
Shares.

This ad hoc announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in the United States.
The securities referred to herein (including shares of Colonia Real Estate
AG) have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), and may not be offered or sold
in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons,
except in a transaction not subject to, or pursuant to an applicable
exemption from, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. This
ad hoc announcement and the information contained herein may not be
distributed or sent into the United States, or in any other jurisdiction in
which offers or sales of the securities described herein would be
prohibited by applicable laws and should not be distributed to United
States persons or publications with a general circulation in the United
States. No offering of the Shares is being made in the United States.

In the United Kingdom, this ad hoc announcement is only being distributed
to and is only directed at (i) persons who have professional experience in
matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(1) of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005
(the 'Order') and (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)
of the Order and (iii) persons to whom it would otherwise be lawful to
distribute it (all such persons together being referred to as 'relevant
persons'). The Shares are only available to, and any invitation, offer or
agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such Bonds will be
engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant
person should not act or rely on this ad hoc announcement or any of its
contents.


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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

About Colonia Real Estate AG 

Colonia Real Estate AG is one of the leading listed real estate investment
and management groups in Germany with round about 19,000 residential units
and EUR 2.1 bn Assets under Management.

The Colonia business model is based on two columns. The investment segment
concentrates on high-yield residential property portfolios held for the
company's account and co-investments in commercial and residential
properties together with institutional partners. Second column of the
Colonia business model is the service segment. Here Colonia Real Estate
Solutions GmbH provides all services along the life cycle of a property in
a modular manner.


Contact:
Claudia Kellert
Head of Investor Relations and Communication

Colonia Real Estate AG
Zeppelinstr. 4-8
50667 Cologne, Germany

Phone +49 (0)221 71 60 71 0
Fax +49 (0) 221 71 60 71 99
E-Mail: ir@colonia.ag





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Language:     English
Company:      Colonia Real Estate AG
              Zeppelinstr. 4 - 8
              50667 Köln
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 221-716071-0
Fax:          +49 221-716071-99
E-mail:       ir@colonia.ag
Internet:     www.colonia.ag
ISIN:         DE0006338007
WKN:          633800
Indices:      SDAX, GPR 250, MSCI Germany Small Cap Index, FTSE EPRA/
              NAREIT, E&G DIMAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Hamburg, München, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hannover, Stuttgart
 
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