DIC Asset AG / Key word(s): Capital Increase31.03.2011 19:21Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmittedby DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.---------------------------------------------------------------------------NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN THE UNITED STATES NICHT ZUR VERBREITUNG IN DEN VEREINIGTEN STAATEN VON AMERIKAShareholders of DIC Asset AG (WKN 509840 / ISIN DE0005098404) fullysubscribed to all 6,531,249 shares issued under the rights issue resolvedon 15 March 2011, by exercising their subscription rights as well as theirright to oversubscribe. As a result of the rights issue, DIC Asset AG'sissued share capital increased from approx. EUR 39.2 million to approx. EUR45.7 million. The issue proceeds for the Company totalled approx. EUR 52.2million.Given an exercise of the subscription rights to subscribe for 5,727,962shares and therefore a subscription ratio of about 88 per cent, 803,287shares were available for additional subscrip¬tions (approx. 12 per cent).Oversubscription orders were placed for a total of 27,550,380 shares. Dueto this high oversubscription any order for additional subscriptions placedeffectively will be serviced by around 3 per cent. Aggregate demandamounted to approx. EUR 266 million; the capital increase in total was thus5.1 times oversubscribed. Proceeds from the placement are expected to beused to create additional financial headroom and for further acquisitionopportunities.The 6,531,249 new shares were offered to shareholders for subscription at aprice of EUR 8.00, with a subscription ratio of one new share for each sixshares held. The subscription period for the new shares opened on 17 March2011 and ended on 30 March 2011 as scheduled. The rights issue was aimedexclusively at existing share¬holders; there was no exchange trading ofsubscription rights. The new shares will be admitted to trading once thecapital increase has been entered into the Commercial Register; this isexpected to occur on 5 April 2011. The new shares carry full dividendrights for the financial year 2010.Commerzbank and Berenberg Bank acted as joint lead managers.This document is not an offer of securities for sale nor the solicitationof an offer to purchase securities in the United States or in any otherjurisdiction where such offer may be restricted. Securities may not beoffered or sold in the United States unless they are registered under theUS Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'US Securities Act'), or exemptfrom registration. The securities of DIC Asset AG referred to in thispress release have not been, and are not being, registered under the USSecurities Act, and DIC Asset AG will not make a public offer of suchsecurities in the United States. There will be no public offering ofsecurities in the United States or anywhere else.This communication is directed only at persons who: (i) are qualifiedinvestors within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(as amended) and any relevant implementing measures; and/or (ii) areoutside the United Kingdom; and/or (iii) have professional experience inmatters relating to investments who fall within the definition of'investment professionals' contained in article 19(5) of the FinancialServices and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended)(the 'Order'), or are persons falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) (highnet worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc) of the Order, orfall within another exemption to the Order (all such persons referred to in(i) to (iii) above together being referred to as 'Relevant Persons'). Anyperson who is not a Relevant Person must not act or rely on thiscommunication or any of its contents. Any investment or investment activityto which this communication relates is available only to Relevant Personsand will be engaged in only with Relevant Persons.31.03.2011 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: EnglishCompany: DIC Asset AG Eschersheimer Landstr. 223 60320 Frankfurt DeutschlandPhone: +49 69 9454858-0Fax: +49 69 9454858-99E-mail: info@dic-asset.deInternet: www.dic-asset.deISIN: DE0005098404WKN: 509840Indices: S-DAXListed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------