Deutsche EuroShop AG / Acquisition Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hamburg, 6 January 2009 – The shopping center investor Deutsche EuroShop AG raised its stake in the City-Point Kassel by 50 percentage points to 90% effective from the beginning of 2009. The Company took over the shares from Arcandor AG. The investment volume including the assumed debts amounts to approx. EUR 53 million. The shopping center was opened in 2002 and offers space for more than 60 specialized shops on five levels with approx. 29,500 sqm lettable space (approx. 20,000 sqm sales area). 220 parking spaces are available to customers. Approximately 800,000 people live in the center’s catchment area. Additional information about the City-Point is available at the internet address http://www.city-point-kassel.de/ Deutsche EuroShop – The Shopping Center Company Deutsche EuroShop is Germany’s only public company, that invests solely in shopping centers in prime locations. The MDAX-listed Company currently has equity interests in 16 European shopping centers in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Poland. 06.01.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: Deutsche EuroShop AG Oderfelder Straße 23 20149 Hamburg Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)40 413 579-0 Fax: +49 (0)40 413 579-29 E-mail: ir@deutsche-euroshop.de Internet: www.deutsche-euroshop.de ISIN: DE0007480204 WKN: 748020 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------