EANS-News: YOUNIQ AG drives ahead with portfolio optimisation

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Subtitle: YOUNIQ reduces real estate holdings in its "Renting and
Trading Real Estate" segment with sale of "Alte Hauptpost" property
in Leipzig / Sales price exceeds EUR 6.2 million book value / Greater
concentration on core "Student Housing" business

Frankfurt am Main (euro adhoc) - September 19, 2011 - YOUNIQ AG, one
of the leading providers of high quality student apartments in
Germany, has sold the "Alte Hauptpost" property in Leipzig to a
project company owned by Grand City Hotels GmbH, Berlin. Earnings on
the sale of the property that is located on the Augustusplatz in
Leipzig were optimised with the sales proceeds exceeding the
property's book value of EUR 6.2 million. This particularly serves to
help YOUNIQ expand its core "Student Housing" business.

The "Alte Hauptpost" property in Leipzig's city centre comprises an
un-renovated set of a total of four listed historic buildings. The
land area of the property, which was acquired in 2007, stands at
around 13,400 m². The buyer of the property is one of Europe's
leading hotel management companies with around 100 hotels in Germany,
the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Cyprus and Spain. Grand City owns
more than 13,000 hotel rooms, and receives more than three million
guests per year.

Rainer Nonnengässer, CEO of YOUNIQ AG, regards the company's core
"Student Housing" business as being further strengthened as a result
of the transaction: "As part of our strategic concentration on
Student Living, the focus in the "Renting and Trading Real Estate"
segment is on disposing of our real estate holdings in a manner that
optimises earnings. This allows us to free up additional capital in
order to further expand our core business."

Company profile

YOUNIQ AG

YOUNIQ AG has focused on student accommodation since 2009. The
company covers a significant portion of the value chain - ranging
from the purchase of properties and land, through project
development, including planning, procurement of planning permission,
construction, and all the way through to commercial and technical
management. YOUNIQ has developed into a leading provider for this
segment with currently 2,453 high-quality apartments that are in
either the management or construction phases. The properties are
located at nine sites in Germany, including Munich, Erlangen,
Karlsruhe, Frankfurt am Main, Mainz and Leipzig. YOUNIQ draws
together many years of experience acquired in the areas of project
development and the portfolio management of largely residential
properties. Due to its past business operations, YOUNIQ AG holds an
existing portfolio comprising a further 951 units, thereby allowing
stable rental income to be generated. YOUNIQ AG (ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7,
WKN: A0B7EZ) is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Prime
Standard).

Further information is available from: www.youniq-group.de

Further inquiry note:
Kontakt:
Investor Relations
cometis AG
Ulrich Wiehle
Tel.: +49 (0)611 - 205855-11
Fax: +49 (0)611 - 205855-66
E-Mail: wiehle@cometis.de

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company: YOUNIQ AG
Neue Mainzer Strasse 28
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
phone: +49(0)69 35101480
FAX: +49(0)69 351014890
mail: ir@youniq.de
WWW: http://www.youniq-group.de
sector: Real Estate
ISIN: DE000A0B7EZ7
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, regulated
dealing/general standard: Frankfurt
language: English