Munich/Grünwald, January 26, 2017 – Exercising the authorization resolved by the Company's Annual General Meeting held on June 9, 2016, the Executive Board of Aurelius Management SE as the personally liable shareholder of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) (the "Company") resolved today to buy back up to 50,000 of the Company’s shares per week, for a total of up to 450,000 shares, in the time from January 30, 2017 to April 2, 2017. The total volume of the resolved share buyback will be up to EUR 26 million (excluding acquisition expenses). The Supervisory Board of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & KGaA has approved the share buyback.

The share buyback will be carried out in accordance with the Safe Harbor Rules defined under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated April 16, 2014, in conjunction with the provisions of the Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1052 of the Commission dated March 8, 2016.

The Company will announce further details separately prior to the commencement of the share buyback program.