Valartis Group has a minority holding in Norinvest Holding SA

Valartis Group AG / Valartis Group has a minority holding in Norinvest Holding SA . Processed and transmitted by Nasdaq OMX Corporate Solutions. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

As announced, after closing the transaction between Banque Cramer & Cie SA and Valartis Bank AG, Switzerland on 29 August 2014, Valartis Group AG has now subscribed to a holding in Norinvest Holding SA, the parent company of Banque Cramer & Cie SA, and will hold a minority holding of 25 per cent upon publication of the share capital increase of Norinvest SA in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (Schweizerisches Handelsamtblatt).

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For further information please contact:
Kim-My Schefer, Head Corporate Communications & Marketing
Tel. +41 43 336 82 94, corporate.communications@valartis.com

Valartis Group
Valartis Group is an internationally active banking and finance group represented today with offices in Liechtenstein, Vienna, Zurich, Geneva as well as Luxembourg and Moscow. The Group's holding company is domiciled in Switzerland and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Valartis Group focuses on the wealth management business for wealthy private clients and institutional investors in addition to traditional wealth management and investment advisory, it develops, manages and markets innovative niche investment products and offers specialized product packages. In doing so, Valartis Group combines a wide range of traditional private banking services with specialized advisory and classical banking services in the fields of Asset Management, Corporate Finance and Private Equity together with innovative investment products in the categories Stocks, Fixed Income, Alternative Investments and Real Estate. Valartis Group's core markets include Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and individual countries in North and South America and Asia.

As of 30 June, 2014, Valartis Group's continued operations employ 208 personnel and manage client assets amounting to CHF 6.2 bn.

www.valartisgroup.ch

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