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Shareholders elect four new members of the von Finck group to the Board of Directors – existing Board of Directors and CEO will step down

Zurich, August 13, 2007

751 shareholders attended the Extraordinary General Meeting of Von Roll Holding Ltd, representing a total of 120,414,920 shares. This corresponds to 86.89% of the total share capital. Shareholders have elected the four new candidates proposed by the von Finck group of shareholders Gerd Amtstätter, Guido Egli, Peter Kalantzis and Thomas P. Limberger, all with ca. 58% of all votes to the Board of Directors of Von Roll Holding Ltd. In addition, shareholders voted in favor of an ordinary capital increase of CHF 7 million minimum and CHF 323 million maximum. The new shares will qualify for a dividend for the 2007 financial year. As already announced given this outcome of the Meeting, the hitherto Board members Oskar K. Ronner (Chairman), Alfred M. Niederer (Vice Chairman), Thierry Lalive d´Epinay and Thomas Straumann will step down at the next Board of Directors' meeting on August 16, 2007. Gerd Peskes will continue to be represented on the Committee, which in future will be composed entirely of representatives of the von Finck group. On account of this situation, the company's CEO Walter T. Vogel has also decided to step down.

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