Disclosure of shareholdings

Below disclosure notifications are in accordance with Article 120 of the Financial Markets Infrastructure Act (FMIA).

According to Article 120 (1) FMIA anyone who directly or indirectly or acting in concert with third parties acquires or disposes shares or acquisition or sale rights relating to shares of a company with its registered office in Switzerland whose equity securities are listed in whole or in part in Switzerland, or of a company with its registered office abroad whose equity securities are mainly listed in whole or in part in Switzerland, and thereby reaches, falls below or exceeds the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33⅓%, 50% or 66⅔% of the voting rights, whether exercisable or not, must notify this to the company and to the stock exchanges on which the equity securities are listed. According to Article 120 (3) FMIA, anyone who has the discretionary power to exercise the voting rights associated with equity securities in accordance with Article 120 (1) FMIA is also subject to the notification. The person or group is obliged to make a notification in writing to the company (issuer) and the stock exchange no later than four trading days after the creation of the obligation to notify (conclusion of a contract).

The publication on the webpage of the SIX Exchange Regulation shall prevail.