All resolutions approved at BCV’s annual meeting

BCV's Annual Shareholders' Meeting was held today at the Palais de Beaulieu in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting was attended by 860 shareholders, representing 76.05% of the Group's capital. All items on the agenda were adopted.

Shareholders approved the consolidated financial statements for 2008, which show a CHF 358m net profit, and granted discharge to the Board of Directors for the 2008 financial year. The Board's proposal to distribute an ordinary dividend of CHF 20 per share was also accepted, as was its proposal for a CHF 10 par-value reimbursement as part of BCV's equity optimization strategy. BCV will therefore return CHF 258m to its shareholders.

Finally, the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the Bank's new external auditor was confirmed.

Lausanne, Switzerland, 30 April 2009

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The above text is a translation of the original French document; only the French version is authoritative.