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Sixt Leasing SE: Minimum acceptance threshold for voluntary public takeover offer by Hyundai Capital Bank Europe GmbH clearly exceeded

• Acceptance rate of roughly 73 per cent significantly above the minimum acceptance threshold of 55 per cent
• Managing Board and Supervisory Board of Sixt Leasing SE welcome the acceptance of the offer by the shareholders
• Additional acceptance period runs until 20 May 2020 at 24:00 hours (CEST)

Pullach, 7 May 2020 - Hyundai Capital Bank Europe GmbH (HCBE), a joint venture of Santander Consumer Bank AG and Hyundai Capital Services Inc., announced yesterday the results of its voluntary public takeover offer to the shareholders of Sixt Leasing SE: Accordingly, the acceptance rate - including the stake of Sixt SE - amounted to 72.84 per cent at the end of the acceptance period on 30 April 2020 at 24:00 hours (CEST). This was significantly above the minimum acceptance threshold of 55 per cent.

Michael Ruhl, CEO of Sixt Leasing SE: "We are pleased that the overwhelming majority of our shareholders followed our recommendation and accepted the attractive offer from HCBE. Thus, we have reached a milestone on the way to the planned strategic partnership with our new major shareholder. The alliance with HCBE enables us to successfully continue Sixt Leasing's growth strategy. We are confident that the outstanding offer conditions will be met in the coming months."

In accordance with § 16 of the German Securities Trading and Takeover Act (WpÜG), shareholders of Sixt Leasing SE who have not yet tendered their shares are entitled to accept the offer from HCBE until the additional period provided for by law expires. It began today and will end on 20 May 2020 at 24:00 hours (CEST).

The completion of the takeover offer is still subject to the remaining customary closing conditions set out in the offer document. The transaction is still expected to be completed in the second half of 2020.

HCBE had announced the offer at a price of EUR 18.00 or, if the conditions defined in the offer document are met, up to EUR 18.90 per Sixt Leasing share in cash on 21 February 2020. The corresponding offer document was published on 24 March 2020 and is available on the Internet at hcbe-offer.com. After an independent examination of the conditions of the takeover offer, the Managing Board and Supervisory Board of Sixt Leasing SE recommended the shareholders to accept the offer in their statement pursuant to § 27 WpÜG of 6 April 2020. The statement is available at ir.sixt-leasing.com/takeoveroffer.

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About Sixt Leasing:
Sixt Leasing SE based in Pullach near Munich is a leading provider in online direct sales of new vehicles in Germany as well as specialist in management and full-service leasing of large fleets. With tailor-made solutions, the company enables the longer-term mobility of its private and corporate customers.

Private and commercial customers use the online platforms sixt-neuwagen.de and autohaus24.de to lease new vehicles affordably. Corporate customers benefit from the cost-saving leasing of their vehicle fleet and from efficient fleet management.

Sixt Leasing SE (WKN: A0DPRE / ISIN: DE000A0DPRE6) has been listed in the Regulated Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime Standard) since 7 May 2015. In fiscal year 2019, the Group generated consolidated revenue of EUR 824 million.

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