EANS-Adhoc: Valora Holding AG / Valora to offer worldwide money transfer services at k kiosk outlets

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Valora to offer worldwide money transfer services at k kiosk outlets

06.07.2010

Valora to offer worldwide money transfer services at k kiosk outlets
- Growth potential from MoneyGram International agreement
- Expanded range of services on offer at k kiosk

Growth potential from MoneyGram International agreement

Valora and MoneyGram International have concluded a partnership
agreement covering worldwide money transfers at k kiosk outlets.
MoneyGram is the world´s second largest provider of money transfer
services, and is represented at more than 200,000 locations in 190
countries and territories. Thanks to Valora´s dense outlet network in
Switzerland, signing this agreement will make the company the largest
MoneyGram agent in Switzerland. Given the multicultural nature of its
society, Switzerland generates a substantial CHF 1.5 billion in money
transfers each year. This co-operation in the Switzerland opens up
significant growth potential for both partners in an important
market.

Expanded range of services on offer at k kiosk

The new service will be introduced at k kiosk from mid-September
2010. By the end of this year, customers at some 100 k kiosk outlets
in Switzerland will be able to effect secure, competitively priced
and reliable worldwide money transfers. The range of services offered
at k kiosks, which hitherto essentially comprised lottery ticket and
phone card sales, will thus be complemented by an important
innovation. For Valora, this new commission-based co-operation is
expected to strengthen existing ties to the Swiss market and generate
significant additional revenue. The partnership also underscores
Valora´s strategic objectives. As Thomas Vollmoeller, the Valora
Group´s CEO, puts it, "MoneyGram enables us to offer our customers
added value and an additional new service. Today´s kiosks are thus
increasingly evolving into new service centres, a trend which is
mirrored in many other countries throughout the world."

*** About MoneyGram International, Inc. MoneyGram International
offers more control and more choices for people separated from family
and friends by distance to meet their financial needs. As leading
global provider of money transfer services, MoneyGram International
helps consumers to safely send money around the world with funds
arriving at available agent locations in as little as 10 minutes. Its
global network is comprised of 200,000 agent locations in more than
190 countries and territories. MoneyGram´s convenient and reliable
network includes retailers, international post offices and financial
institutions. www.moneygram.com ***

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Further inquiry note:

Investor Relations: Tel: +41 58 789 12 20

Mladen Tomic E-mail: mladen.tomic@valora.com

Media Relations: Tel: +41 58 789 12 01

Stefania Misteli E-mail: stefania.misteli@valora.com

MoneyGram International: Tel: +49 (0) 69 68 97 01 - 70

Ute Scamperle E-mail: UScamperle@moneygram.com

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