EANS-Adhoc: Valora Holding AG / Valora Holding AG increases its share capital

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Valora Holding AG increases its share capital

07.11.2012

Valora Holding AG increases its share capital

In connection with the completion of its acquisition of the
Ditsch/Brezelkönig group of companies on October 31, 2012, Valora
increased its share capital by CHF 635,599 on November 6, 2012 - from
CHF 2,800,000 to CHF 3,435,599 - by issuing 635,599 registered shares
with a nominal value of CHF 1 each. Existing shareholders have no
subscription rights to these new shares, which have been transferred
to Ernst Peter Ditsch in consideration of his transfer to Valora of
all the outstanding shares of Brezelkönig GmbH & Co. KG and of Zweite
Brezelkönig Verwaltungs GmbH, both of which have their registered
offices in Mainz, Germany. The new shares represent the portion of
Valora's agreed purchase price for this acquisition not paid in cash.
In order to expedite the acquisition's completion, Valora applied for
a listing moratorium for the new shares. This application has been
approved by SIX Swiss Exchange and BX Berne eXchange - the two
exchanges where Valora shares are listed - for a period which must
end on or before January 31, 2013. The shares will remain blocked
until they are listed and cannot therefore be traded on these
exchanges until then.

As a result of this transaction, Ernst Peter Ditsch will hold 18.5
percent of Valora's total outstanding shares and will become Valora's
major anchor shareholder. He has also agreed to a lock-up period of
six months to be applied to 50 percent of the Valora shares issued to
him, with a lock-up period of twelve months for the remaining 50
percent. Once these lock-up periods have expired, certain
restrictions will continue to apply to sales of Valora shares by Mr.
Ditsch. In particular, any sale amounting to more than 5 percent of
the company's outstanding share capital will require prior written
approval from Valora.

Further inquiry note:
Investor Relations: Tel: +41 61 467 36 50
Mladen Tomic E-Mail: mladen.tomic@valora.com

Media Relations: Tel: +41 61 467 36 31
Stefania Misteli E-Mail: stefania.misteli@valora.com

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issuer: Valora Holding AG
Hofackerstrasse 40
CH-4132 Muttenz
phone: +41 61 467 20 20
FAX: +41 58 789 12 12
mail: info@valora.com
WWW: www.valora.com
sector: Retail
ISIN: CH0002088976
indexes:
stockmarkets: Main Standard: SIX Swiss Exchange, stock market: BX Berne eXchange
language: English