Target company: DAB Bank AG; Bidder: BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication of the decision to issue a takeover offer pursuant to section 10 para. 1 and para. 3 and section 34 of the German Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act (Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmegesetz) ('WpÜG') Bidder: BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG Europa-Allee 12 60327 Frankfurt am Main registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister) of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Frankfurt am Main under registration number HRB 99395 Contact: Stéphane De Marnhac +33 (0)1 42 98 46 45 Livio Capece Galeota +33 (0)1 42 98 43 13 Thibaut de Clerck +33 (0)1 42 98 23 40 Philippe Regli +33 (0)1 43 16 94 89 Claire Sineux +33 (0)1 42 98 31 99 Fax number: +33 (0)1 42 98 21 22 Target Company: DAB Bank AG Landsberger Straße 300 80687 München registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister) of the local court (Amtsgericht) of Munich under registration number HRB 118190 ISIN: DE0005072300 (WKN: 507230) Further companies directly affected by the offer: Unicredit Bank AG, direktanlage.at AG in Austria BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG decided on 5 August 2014 to offer to the shareholders of DAB Bank AG to acquire their non-par value bearer shares in DAB Bank AG by means of a takeover offer pursuant to sections 29 et seq. WpÜG against payment of a cash consideration of EUR 4.78 per non-par value share pursuant to the terms and conditions yet to be communicated in the offer document. As soon at the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) ('BaFin') has granted its permission, the offer document will be published on the Internet at http://invest.bnpparibas.com/en This publication is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares in DAB Bank AG, nor an offer to purchase or sell any other securities. The final terms and conditions of the offer will be published in the offer document only after the permission of the BaFin has been obtained. BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG reserves the right to deviate from the terms set forth in this publication in the final terms and conditions of the offer. Investors and shareholders of DAB Bank AG are strongly advised to read the relevant documents regarding the takeover offer to be published by BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG when they become available because they will contain important information. Frankfurt am Main, 5 August 2014 BNP Paribas Beteiligungsholding AG The management board End of WpÜG announcement The 05.08.2014DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart