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Board of Management resolves share buyback for employee share program
Bornheim ,Ju ly 11,20 16. The Boa rd of M a na g em ent of HORNBACH Ba u m a rk t AG ,ba s ed inBornheim /Pfa lz,
ISIN DE0 0 0 60 8440 3,toda y res olved to a cqu ire u p to 50 ,0 0 0 trea s u ry s tock s ha res pu rs u a nt to § 71 (1)
No. 2 of the G erm a n Stock Corpora tion Act (AktG ). The s ha res a re to be a cqu ired in prepa ra tion for the
a nnu a l is s u e of s ha res to em ployees s chedu led to ta k e pla ce a t the end of 20 16. The bu yba ck thu s m eets
the objective of a nem ployee s ha re s chem e a s defined inArticle 5 (2) c) of Reg u la tion(EU ) No. 596/20 14 of
the Eu ropea nPa rlia m ent a nd Cou ncilda ted April14,20 14.
The bu yba ck of s ha res onthe ba s is of this m a na g em ent boa rd res olu tionw ill be execu ted ina ccorda nce
w ith the s a fe ha rbor reg u la tions s et ou t inArticle 5 of Reg u la tion(EU ) No. 596/20 14 of the Eu ropea nPa rlia m ent a nd Cou ncil da ted April 14,20 14 a nd w ith the deleg a ted Reg u la tion(EU ) 20 16/10 52 of the Com m is s ionda ted M a rch 8,20 16.
The bu yba ck of s ha res w ill beg inonAu g u s t 1,20 16 a nd w illru nfora lim ited period expiring a t the end of
the 20 16/20 17 fina ncia lyea r(ba la nce s heet da te:Febru a ry 28,20 17). The pu rcha s e price to be pa id by the
com pa ny per s ha re (exclu ding a cqu is itioncos ts ) m a y not exceed or fa ll s hort of the s tock m a rk et price by
m ore tha n10 % . The s tock m a rk et price referred to corres ponds to the a vera g e of the clos ing prices inXetra
tra ding a t the Fra nk fu rt Stock Excha ng e onthe five tra ding da ys im m edia tely preceding the res pective a cqu is ition. M oreover,the s ha res w illnot be a cqu ired a t a price inexces s of tha t determ ined pu rs u a nt to Article 3 (2) of the deleg a ted Reg u la tion(EU ) 20 16/10 52 of the Com m is s ionda ted M a rch 8,20 16. Bu yba ck orders w illonly be s u bm itted du ring continu ou s tra ding a nd not w ithina u ctionpha s es . Orders inpla ce a t the
beg inning of a na u ctionpha s e w ill not be a m ended du ring s u ch pha s e. The m a xim u m tota lpu rcha s e price
forw hich s ha res a re to be a cqu ired by HORNBACH Ba u m a rk t AG a m ou nts to Eu ro 1,70 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 .
The bu yba ck of s ha res w ill be execu ted ins u ch a w a y a s to protect the interes ts of the m a rk et a nd w ill be
m a na g ed by a ba nk tha t determ ines the tim ing of the trea s u ry s tock pu rcha s es a t its ow ndis cretiona nd
w ithou t influ ence from the com pa ny.
Inres pect of the volu m e of s ha res to be a cqu ired perda y,it w illnot be perm itted to a cqu ire m ore tha n25%
of the res pective a vera g e da ily tra ding volu m e inXetra tra ding a t the Fra nk fu rt Stock Excha ng e. The a vera g e da ily tra ding volu m e of the res pective tra ding s eg m ent is derived by reference to a vera g e da ily tra ding
volu m es onthe 20 tra ding da ys preceding the res pective a cqu is ition.
The tra ns a ctions thereby execu ted w ill be pu blis hed via a pa n- Eu ropea ninform a tiondis s em ina tions ys tem
a nd by electronic com m u nica tionto m edia w hich the g enera lpu blic ca nrea s ona bly rely onto ens u re effective dis s em ina tionof the inform a tion. Fu rtherm ore,the releva nt notifica tions w illbe pu blis hed onthe internet inthe Inves torRela tions /Sha res /Sha re Bu yba ck s ectionof the com pa ny’s hom epa g e a t w w w .hornba chholding .com a nd a ls o forw a rded to the Com pa nies Reg is terfors tora g e.