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

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

15.04.2011

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

- 2010 financial statements and 15% increase of dividend to CHF 11.50
per share approved - Acceptance of remuneration report - Shareholders
empower Board to repurchase company shares and grant authorisation
for share capital increase - All Board members re-elected

304 shareholders or their representatives 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
1,187,274 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 the election of Board members can be
found on
(http://www.valora.com/de/investors/annualgeneralmeeting/index.php).

2010 financial statements and 15% increase of dividend to CHF 11.50
per share approved

The General Meeting approved the financial statements for 2010. The
Board´s proposed increase of 15% in the dividend to CHF 11.50 per
share in respect of all shares entitled to dividends was also
approved and will be paid out on April 26, 2011.

Acceptance of remuneration report

The General Meeting approved the remuneration report of Valora
Holding AG in a consultative vote.

Shareholders empower Board to repurchase company shares and grant
authorisation for share capital increase

The General Meeting of shareholders empowered the Board of Directors
to carry out the repurchase of up to 280,000 registered shares of the
company for the purpose of reducing the company´s issued share
capital in the event of surplus liquidity being available and
appropriate expansion opportunities not presenting themselves. In
addition, the General Meeting of shareholders authorised a
modification to the company´s articles of incorporation granting the
Board of Directors authorisation to increase the company´s share
capital by a maximum of 840,000 shares through the issue of up to
840,000 fully paid up new registered shares of CHF 1 nominal value
each (the authorised share capital increase). This will give Valora
greater financial flexibility, enabling it to respond rapidly to
market opportunities as they present themselves. This enhanced
flexibility will also make it possible for Valora to deploy the newly
authorised shares for share-based acquisitions or as a means of
offering potential new strategic partners the opportunity of holding
a stake in Valora.

All Board members re-elected

Since 2008, the company´s articles of incorporation have stipulated
that Board members be 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 further one-year terms of office, to run until
the 2012 General Meeting.

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Branche: Retail
ISIN: CH0002088976
WKN: 208897
Börsen: BX Berne eXchange / stock market
SIX Swiss Exchange / Main Standard