DGAP-News: Rocket Internet SE: Rocket Internet SE has purchased 9,724,739 own shares through its public share purchase offer

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Rocket Internet SE has purchased 9,724,739 own shares through its public share purchase offer

Berlin, Germany, May 4, 2018 - Based on the public share purchase offer by Rocket Internet SE, a total number of 9,724,739 shares have been tendered to the company during the acceptance period. This comprises 6,800,000 shares tendered by PLDT Online Investments Pte. Ltd. (corresponding to 67.38% of the total number of shares held by PLDT Online Investments Pte. Ltd. in Rocket Internet SE).

The offer by Rocket Internet related to a maximum of up to 15,472,912 shares (ISIN DE000A12UKK6 /WKN A12UKK) corresponding to a maximum of up to 9.37% of the company's registered share capital. Since a total of 9,724,739 shares were tendered during the acceptance period, all purchase offers could be accepted. The custodian banks will transfer the tendered shares from the customer accounts against payment of the offer price presumably between May 9, 2018 and May 14, 2018.

In consideration of the 1,041,167 shares (corresponding to a portion of 0.63% of the registered share capital of the company) that were acquired by the company between August 14, 2017 and April 16, 2018 through the share buy-back program, the company now holds a total of 10,765,906 own shares corresponding to 6.52% of the company's registered share capital. The company will cancel all of the shares bought back by way of a reduction of the share capital.

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Rocket Internet incubates and invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet focuses predominantly on four industry sectors of online and mobile retail and services that make up a significant share of consumer spending: Food & Groceries, Fashion, General Merchandise and Home & Living. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world with more than 33,000 employees. Rocket Internet holds stakes in two significant publicly listed companies, Delivery Hero and HelloFresh. Rocket Internet SE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE000A12UKK6, RKET) and is included in the MDAX index. For further information please visit www.rocket-internet.com.

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Despite not having control over the selected companies mentioned above, the aggregate financial information is shown on a 100% basis (i.e. 100% of revenues and EBITDA). The actual legal and economic interest of the Rocket Internet group in the network companies shown above is far lower than 100%. Please refer to Rocket Internet SE's consolidated financial statements for additional information on the group's consolidation policies and its segment information.

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