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adesso AG successfully completes capital increase against cash contributions THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS NOTIFICATION IS NOT INTENDED FOR PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, CANADA OR JAPAN adesso AG has improved its financial strength by increasing the share capital of the company using parts of the authorized capital of the company. By carrying out the capital increase, the share capital of the company increased from currently EUR 5,873,736.00 by EUR 293,687.00 to EUR 6,167,423.00 by issuing 293,687 new no-par-value shares via partial utilisation of the existing authorized capital against contribution in cash and exclusion of subscription rights of the existing shareholders. The new shares were placed by way of an accelerated bookbuilding process with institutional investors in Germany and abroad at a placement price of EUR 42.70 per new share. The capital increase was highly oversubscribed. The new shares have a full entitlement to a share in the profits beginning with the financial year 2016. Application has been made for the new shares to be traded on the regulated market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (General Standard) expected from 20.12.2016. Through the capital increase, and subject to the registration of the capital increase in the commercial register, adesso AG is expected to receive gross proceeds of around EUR 12.5 million. With the proceeds from the placement of the new shares, adesso AG plans to to finance further Company growth, in particular the acquisition of further company shareholdings. Contact: Martin Möllmann Manager Investor Relations Tel.: +49 231 7000-7000 E-Mail: ir@adesso.de Disclaimer This notification does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy or subscribe securities of adesso AG. No public offer is being made, nor is any prospectus being published, in connection with this transaction. This publication is not intended for circulation or distribution, either directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America (including its territories and possessions, a federal state or the District of Columbia), and may not be distributed or forwarded to "U.S. persons" (as defined in Regulation S of the applicable version of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 ['Securities Act']), or to publications with a general distribution in the United States of America. This publication does not constitute an offer or a solicitation to submit an offer to buy or acquire securities in the United States of America, nor does it form part of such an offer or solicitation. The securities are not and will not be registered according to the provisions of the Securities Act, and may only be sold or offered for sale in the United States of America with prior registration under the provisions of the applicable version of the Securities Act or, in the absence of a prior registration, only on the basis of an exemption. adesso AG does not intend to make a public offer of shares in the United States of America. This publication does not constitute an offer to buy securities in the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan or Australia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15-Dec-2016 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: adesso AG Stockholmer Allee 20 44269 Dortmund Germany Phone: +49 231 7000-7000 Fax: +49 231 7000-1000 E-mail: ir@adesso.de Internet: www.adesso-group.de ISIN: DE000A0Z23Q5 WKN: A0Z23Q Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; London End of Announcement DGAP News Service

Head of Investor Relations Martin Möllmann +49 231 7000-7000

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