EANS-Adhoc: Valora Holding AG´s General Meeting of shareholders approve all Board recommendations.

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Valora Holding AG´s General Meeting of shareholders approve all Board
recommendations.

29.04.2009

Valora Holding AG´s General Meeting of shareholders approve all Board
recommendations.

- 2008 financial statements and CHF 9 per share dividend approved
- Share capital to be reduced by cancelling the repurchased shares
- Registered offices to be transferred to Muttenz
- All Board members confirmed
- New auditors elected

264 shareholders attended Valora Holding AG´s Ordinary General
Meeting in Basle. Shareholders attending in person, together with
those whose shares were represented by the independent shareholders´
representative, the representatives of custodian banks and the
company itself, accounted for a total of 1´022´607 of Valora Holding
AG´s voting shares.

On all agenda items, the General Meeting approved the recommendations
made by the Board of Directors. Details of the voting on the
individual agenda items and in the election of Board members can be
found on
(http://www.valora.com/de/investoren/generalversammlung/index.phb).

Full-year financial statements and dividend approved The General
Meeting approved the financial statements for 2008. The Board´s
proposed distribution of CHF 9 per share entitled to dividends was
also approved and will take place on May 8, 2009.

Share capital to be reduced following completion of share buyback
programme The share buyback programme covering up to 500,000
registered shares, which had been approved by the 2008 General
Meeting, was carried out according to plan and for the full number of
shares authorised for repurchase. In this connection, this 2009
General Meeting approved the Board´s recommendation that the
company´s share capital be reduced by cancelling the repurchased
shares once three consecutive requests for potential creditors to
submit their claims have been published, as required by law. Valora
Holding AG´s new share capital will then amount to CHF 2,800,000,
divided into 2,800,000 fully paid-up registered shares of CHF 1.-
nominal value each.

Transfer of the company´s registered offices from Berne to Muttenz As
part of Valora´s streamlining of its office sites, the General
Meeting approved the Board´s recommendation that the company´s
registered offices be transferred from Berne to Muttenz. After the
relocation of the Berne and Wallisellen offices to Muttenz, this is
the next step towards a centralised and efficient company structure.

Election of Board members Since 2008, the company´s articles of
incorporation have stipulated that Board members are elected at each
General Meeting for a term of office of one year. All current members
of the Board of Directors stood for re-election, and the General
Meeting elected Messrs. Rolando Benedick, Markus Fiechter, Franz
Julen, Conrad Löffel and Bernhard Heusler for one-year terms of
office, to run until the 2010 General Meeting.

Election of new auditors The General Meeting elected Ernst & Young AG
as the company´s new auditors. Ernst & Young AG have already
confirmed in writing that they will be happy to accept this mandate.

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Further inquiry note:

Media Relations Phone +41 58 789 12 01

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E-mail: mladen.tomic@valora.com

Branche: Retail
ISIN: CH0002088976
WKN: 208897
Börsen: SWX Swiss Exchange / official market
BX Berne eXchange / official dealing