DGAP-WpÜG: Pflichtangebot

Target company: i:FAO Aktiengesellschaft; Bidder: Amadeus Corporate Business AG Dissemination of an announcement according to the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (WpÜG), transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The bidder is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement of the decision to make a tender offer (Erwerbsangebot) pursuant to section 10(1) of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz, WpÜG) in conjunction with section 39(2) sentence 3 No. 1 German Stock Exchange Act (Börsengesetz) Bidder: Amadeus Corporate Business AG Siemensstraße 1 61352 Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe Germany registered with the commercial register of the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 98654. Target: i:FAO Aktiengesellschaft Clemensstraße 9 60487 Frankfurt am Main Germany registered with the commercial register of the local court of Frankfurt am Main under HRB 45980. ISIN: DE0006224520 (non-par-value registered shares) The offer document for the tender offer and other announcements in connection therewith will be published on the internet, once such publication has been permitted by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht, BaFin), at: http://www.amadeus-angebot.de Information by the bidder: Amadeus Corporate Business AG decided today to offer to the shareholders of i:FAO Aktiengesellschaft ('i:FAO') to acquire their non-par-value registered shares (auf den Namen lautende Stückaktien) in i:FAO with a pro rata participation in the registered capital of EUR 1.00 ('i:FAO-Shares') by way of a voluntary public tender offer (freiwilliges öffentliches Ewerbsangebot). Amadeus Corporate Business AG intends to offer to the shareholders of i:FAO a cash consideration for their i:FAO-Shares in the amount of the volume weighted average national stock exchange price of the i:FAO-Shares during the past six months prior to this announcement (cf. section 31(1) German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act in conjunction with section 39(3) sentence 2 German Stock Exchange Act) per i:FAO-Share as determined by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority. Amadeus Corporate Business AG estimates this amount at EUR 27.56. Other than that the tender offer will be made on the terms stipulated in the offer document. Amadeus Corporate Business AG reserves the right that, to the extent legally permissible, the final terms of the offer deviate from the key parameters set out herein. i:FAO undertook towards Amadeus Corporate Business AG to apply for the withdrawal of the admission to trade i:FAO-Shares at the regulated market (General Standard) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse) pursuant to section 39(2) German Stock Exchange Act (so called delisting). Important notice: This announcement shall neither constitute an offer to purchase or sell nor an invitation to make an offer to purchase or sell i:FAO-Shares. The final terms and conditions of the tender offer will be published in the offer document, once the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority has permitted the publication of the offer document. Investors and shareholders of i:FAO are strongly recommended to read the offer document and the other relevant documents in connection with the tender offer, which include important information, once such documents have been published. Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, 20 October 2016 Amadeus Corporate Business AG The management board End of WpÜG announcement The 20.10.2016DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg und Stuttgart