DGAP-News: Scout24 AG: ImmobilienScout24 further strengthens its position in Germany and Austria via bolt-on acquisitions

Published on 06/09/2016

DGAP-News: Scout24 AG / Key word(s): Strategic Company Decision/Takeover
2016-06-09 / 12:00
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ImmobilienScout24 further strengthens its position in Germany and Austria via bolt-on acquisitions

- ImmobilienScout24 continues to pursue its strategy of content     leadership

- Acquisitions of my-next-home.de and immodirekt.at strengthen offer and     customer base in Germany and Austria

- Bolt-on acquisitions in line with growth strategy
Berlin / Munich, 9 June 2016 - ImmobilienScout24, Germany's leading online marketplace for real estate and one of the leading real estate marketplaces in Austria and subsidiary of Scout24 AG, expands its offer base and strengthens its market position in Germany by the acquisition of my-next- home.de and in Austria by the acquisition of immodirekt.at. The acquisitions took effect on June 1, 2016. The total purchase price of both acquisitions is in the low single-digit million EUR range.
My-next-home.de is a regionally focused real estate classifieds portal in Germany with a leading position in the region of Saarland. It has approx. 16 thousand listings on its site, around 400 professional customers and yearly revenues of around 400 thousand EUR.

Immodirekt.at is a long established real estate classifieds platform in Austria with a well-known brand. It has an offer base of around 30 thousand listings, a customer base of approx. 500 real estate professionals and generates around 600 thousand EUR revenues per year.
"Both transactions are fully in line with our strategy of building listings content leadership along with a large online audience to be a leading partner for private and professional real estate advertisers. We expect both my-next-home.de and immodirekt.at to enhance our value proposition for both customers and consumers and to strengthen our existing regional market position in their respective markets. We are delighted to welcome both companies into Scout24 group and look forward to building on what they have already achieved", said Seth Schelin, Senior Vice President Business Development of Scout24 AG.

About Scout24

Scout24 operates leading digital classifieds platforms in Germany and other selected European countries. The main operations under the umbrella brand Scout24 are the digital marketplaces ImmobilienScout24 and AutoScout24. ImmobilienScout24 is the leading digital real estate classifieds platform in Germany, based on consumer traffic and time spent as well as customer numbers and listings. AutoScout24 is a leading automotive digital classifieds platform in Europe, in terms of unique monthly visitors and listings. Scout24's digital marketplaces are empowering people to realise their property and car-owning dreams simply, efficiently and stress-free. Further information is available at http://www.scout24.com.
About Immobilienscout24

ImmobilienScout24 is the leading online marketplace for private and commercial real estate in Germany and a leading real estate marketplace in Austria. The portal enables people to realise their real estate dreams simply, efficiently and without any stress. ImmobilienScout24 successfully brings commercial real estate sellers, owners and potential tenants and buyers together. ImmobilienScout24 is part of the Scout24 Group, which operates leading digital marketplaces in the real estate and automotive sectors in Germany and other selected European countries. For more information, visit
http://immobilienscout24.de or http://immobilienscout24.at.
Investor Relations contact

Britta Schmidt
Vice President Investor Relations & Treasury
Tel.: +49 89 44456 3278 
Email: ir@scout24.com

Press contact

Svenja Lahrmann
Instinctif Partners
Tel.: +49 221 42075 23
Email: svenja.lahrmann@instinctif.com

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Language: English Company: Scout24 AG Dingolfinger Str. 1 - 15 81673 Munich Germany Phone: +49 89 44456 - 0 Fax: +49 89 44456 - 3000 E-mail: ir@scout24.com Internet: www.scout24.com ISIN: DE000A12DM80 WKN: A12DM8 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange  
   
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