DÜSSELDORF YOUR BASE IN EUROPE PAGE 1

DÜSSELDORF YOUR BASE IN EUROPE PAGE 1

INTERNATIONAL DÜSSELDORF IS ONE OF THE THREE LARGEST REGIONS FOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN EUROPE Greater London (454) 1. 3. Düsseldorf region (160) Ranking of European regions according to number of foreign direct investments 2016 2. Paris Ile de France (270) 4. Munich region (141) 5. Barcelona Catalonia (117) Source: Ernst & Young, European Investment Monitor, Direct investments V2017Q2. The Düsseldorf region is formed here by the government region that corresponds to a NUTS 2 European regional classification. Foreign investments are included that created business premises and/or jobs in 2016. SEITE 2

BRITISH COMPANIES IN DÜSSELDORF Düsseldorf PAGE 3

DÜSSELDORF CENTRAL LOCATION, EASY ACCESS PAGE 4

ECONOMIC STRENGTH DÜSSELDORF IS A POWERFUL ECONOMIC REGION IN EUROPE within one hour s drive: 11.4 m. inhabitants 503,000 companies Radius of 500 km/311 miles 156 m. inhabitants 31% 50% 1h of total EU population of EU purchasing power within one hour s flight: Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hamburg, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Zurich Düsseldorf PAGE 5

ECONOMIC STRENGTH STATE CAPITAL OF DÜSSELDORF AND THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF THE RHINELAND LARGEST ECONOMIC CENTRE IN GERMANY DÜSSELDORF/RHINELAN D Inhabitants 8.6 m. Employees 4.5 m. GDP in REGION FRANKFURT 331.5 bn. Inhabitants 5.7 m. Employees 3.1 m. Hamburg Düsseldorf- Rhineland Berlin REGION HAMBURG Inhabitants 5.2 m. Employees 2.7 m. GDP in 193.0 bn. REGION BERLIN Inhabitants 6.0 m. Employees 2.9 m. GDP in 242.4 bn. Frankfurt GDP in 180.1 bn. REGION STUTTGART Inhabitants 5.4 m. Stuttgart REGION MUNICH Inhabitants 5.9 m. Employees 2.9 m. Munich Employees 3.4 m. GDP in 225.9 bn. GDP in 279.6 bn. Sources: destatis 11/ 2016; AKVGR 2016. PAGE 6

TRADE AND EXHIBITIONS DÜSSELDORF S TRADE FAIRS ARE A MEETING POINT FOR WORLD BUSINESS Source: Messe Düsseldorf V2013Q2. PAGE 7

INDUSTRIES WIDE VARIETY OF STRONG INDUSTRIES AND CLUSTERS IN DÜSSELDORF PAGE 8

DIGITAL ECONOMY STRONG ICT LOCATION DÜSSELDORF A HOTSPOT FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION Ecosystem for digital innovation PAGE 9

INTERNATIONALITY DÜSSELDORF IS ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTORS 139 countries invest in Düsseldorf Ausländische Unternehmen in Nordrhein-Westfalen (exemplarisch): FOREIGN COMPANIES IN Düsseldorf (EXAMPLES): Frankreich United Kingdom Großbritannien France Indien India Japan 360 Firmen Japan Korea 70 Firmen Korea Niederlande Netherlands Russland 84 Firmen U.S.A. 217 Firmen Russia V.R. China U.S.A. P.R. China 176 Firmen 471 Firmen 46 Firmen 514 Firmen 320 Firmen 471 companies 176 companies 46 companies 405 companies 70 companies 514 companies 84 companies 217 companies 520 companies PAGE 10

INTERNATIONALITY TOP LOCATION FOR EXPATS PAGE 11

DÜSSELDORF ATTRACTIVE LOCATION COSTS PAGE 12

LOCATION COSTS DÜSSELDORF ATTRACTIVE COST OF LIVING Placements of European cities in Mercer Cost of Living ranking of 209 cities worldwide 2016 220 200 193 207 180 166 160 146 140 120 100 97 103 110 122 124 133 80 60 40 20 0 Hamburg Düsseldorf Berlin Frankfurt Brüssel München Amsterdam Paris London Zürich Source: Mercer, Cost of Living 2016 V2016Q2 PAGE 13

LOCATION COSTS DÜSSELDORF ATTRACTIVE STAFF COSTS Salary costs per employee in 75,000 70,000 71,600 65,000 60,000 55,000 50,000 45,000 42,900 44,700 45,200 47,200 49,600 49,900 55,300 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 Köln Düsseldorf Hamburg Stuttgart München Frankfurt Ile de France* Inner London* Source: Working party national accounts of the states, wage costs per employee V2015Q4 B2013. * The values for Ile de France (Paris) and Inner London are estimated values. They were calculated from the relation between the average household income of the government district Düsseldorf with that of these two areas (each NUTS2 regions) according to information from Eurostat for 2012. PAGE 14

LOCATION COSTS DÜSSELDORF WITH ATTRACTIVE OFFICE MARKET PRIME RENTS Prime rents for office space in /m²/month 90.00 84.40 80.00 70.00 64.60 60.00 51.60 50.00 40.00 30.00 24.00 26.00 30.80 33.50 33.80 37.00 40.80 45.00 20.00 10.00 0.00 Berlin Düsseldorf Amsterdam Südachse München Moskau Central Frankfurt Mailand Luxemburg CBD Stockholm Paris CBD London City Source: Cushman & Wakefield, Office Market Snapshot V2016Q2 B2016Q1. Annual figures were divided by 12. PAGE 15

LOCATION COSTS VERY AFFORDABLE DÜSSELDORF COMMERCIAL RENTS Prime rents for logistic spaces in European city regions in /m²/month 18.00 16.90 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 10.40 8.00 6.00 4.70 5.40 5.40 6.00 6.50 7.30 4.00 2.00 0.00 Berlin Düsseldorf Hamburg Frankfurt München Amsterdam Airport Paris London Heathrow Source: Cushman & Wakefield, Industrial Market Snapshot, Prime Industrial Rents (Logistic Locations) V2016Q2 B2016Q1. Annual figures were divided by 12. The information on the Swiss locations relate to B2015Q3. PAGE 16

LOCATION COSTS FAVOURABLE TRADE TAX MULTIPLIER IN DÜSSELDORF Trade tax multipliers of German cities 520.00 520 Trade tax rate Trade income (= profit including tax-related additions and deductions) x 3.5% x municipal assessment rate 420.00 410 420 440 447 450 460 475 490 Example for various large cities in Germany Düsseldorf: 15,40% Cologne: 16,63% Frankfurt: 16,10% Hamburg: 16,45% Munich: 17,15% Berlin: 14,35% 320.00 Berlin Stuttg. Düsseldorf Nürnb. Dresden Frankfurt Köln München Duisburg Source: City administrations of the respective cities and senate administrations of city states V2016Q1. Cities with over 500,000 inhabitants are shown with the exception of Duisburg. Calculation of trade tax for stock corporations: trade tax = 5% of trade income x trade tax multiplier / 100. PAGE 17

HOW THE CITY OF DÜSSELDORF CAN SUPPORT YOU PAGE 18

THE CITY OF DÜSSELDORF CAN SUPPORT YOU SERVICES OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES PAGE 19

MANY THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Office of Economic Development City of Düsseldorf Uwe Kerkmann Director uwe.kerkmann@duesseldorf.de Phone: +49 211 89 95500 Annette Klerks Head of International Business annette.klerks@duesseldorf.de Phone: +49 211 89 95503 Elisabeth Innhester Senior Project Manager elisabeth.inhester@duesseldorf.de Phone: +49 211 89 95721 Monika Bosbach Senior Project Manager monika.bosbach@duesseldorf.de Phone: +49 211 89 95892 PAGE 20