Catella establishes debt advisory in Germany

Catella expands the German operations to include debt advisory services. The
initiative is a step in the work of developing Catella’s service offering, with
the aim to deliver debt and equity as well as valuation services on all markets,
in addition to the transaction advisory offered in all countries today.
“During 2012, we began the strategic work on harmonising our service offering in
all countries. Germany is an important European market, and also one on which we
perceive growth potential for Catella. Thus, it is natural that one of the first
investments is being made precisely in Germany. We are extremely pleased to have
recruited Simone Schmidt, with her cutting-edge expertise and broad experience
from the financing area, to lead the work,” says Anders Palmgren, Head of
Corporate Finance.

Simone Schmidt has been recruited to start up and lead the German financing
advisory services unit. She hails most recently from Ersten Abwicklungsanstal
(EAA), the property liquidation unit of the German bank WestLB AG, and before
that worked at Morgan Stanley, The Royal Bank of Scotland and Deutsche Bank.
Simone possesses broad experience within structured finance from transactions
carried out in Germany and the rest of Europe.

“In today's market, the skill in linking together commercial property sectors
with financing solutions constitutes a success factor for transaction advisors.
At Catella, I will contribute my long experience within financing and, together
with Catella’s energetic team, we will be able to create offers which suit our
clients’ needs,” says Simone Schmidt.

Catellas real estate advisory includes three main service areas; Sales and
Acquisitions, Debt and Equity, and Research and Valuation. The operations are
established in eleven European countries and comprise just over 200 employees.
Read more at www.catellaproperty.com.
For more information, please contact:
Anders Palmgren
Head of Corporate Finance
+46 8 463 32 36, +46 73 940 55 71

Press contact:
Viktoria Ejenäs
Head of Communications, Corporate Finance
+46 8 463 33 34, +46 72 726 33 34
About Catella: Catella offers specialised financial services and products within
selected market segments. Catella has 440 employees in 12 European countries
within two operating segments; Corporate Finance and Asset Management. Catella
is listed on Nasdaq OMX, First North Premier. Read more about Catella at
www.catella.com.