Disclosure of shareholdings by UBS Fund Management in accordance with Swiss Stock Exchange Law
Zurich, April 17, 2008 – Zurich Financial Services, Mythenquai 2, 8002 Zurich, (Zurich) announces that it received a notification of shareholding as per April 9, 2008 in accordance with articles 9 and 17 of the SESTO-SFBC and in connection with article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Law by UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, P.O. Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland (UBS Fund Management) on April 15, 2008. According to this notification, UBS Fund Management has fallen below the threshold of 3 percent of voting rights on Zurich with the sale of purchase positions.
Furthermore, UBS Fund Management notified Zurich on April 16, 2008 that it has exceeded the threshold of 3 percent of voting rights on Zurich with purchase positions again on April 10, 2008. The reported purchase position includes 4,426,964 registered shares or 3.04% of the share capital and the voting rights of Zurich entered in the commercial register.
Contact details: Dominik Bieri, EUR1 – 3.2315 WNGW-LB6, P.O. Box, 8098 Zurich, phone: +41 (0)44 239 62 08.