EANS-Adhoc: Bank Sarasin + Cie AG
SIX Swiss Exchange extends Bank Sarasin &
Co. Ltd's exemption from the duty to comply with certain disclosure obligations
05.04.2013 – 07:01
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- other 05.04.2013 On 3 April 2013, the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX) extended from 7 April 2013 until 31 May 2013 (inclusively) the exemption granted to Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd from some disclosure duties arising from the listing of its equity securities. As per the SIX's decision, Bank Sarasin is exempted from certain disclosure obligations contemplated in the SIX' listing rules, namely, the duty to report management transactions, to publish a corporate calendar and to report certain corporate events to the SIX. In addition, the SIX extended Bank Sarasin's deadline to publish and submit the 2012 annual report in accordance with the listing rules applicable to its listed equity securities, bonds and derivatives from 30 April 2013 until 1st July 2013. The duties to comply with the disclosure obligations relating to the annual report are suspended accordingly, namely the duty to publish a corporate calendar including the date of publication of the financial statements and the duty to publish and submit the annual report to the SIX . Sarasin requested these exemptions from SIX after Safra announced on 23 October 2012 that it had submitted a request before a court in Basel for the cancellation of Bank Sarasin's remaining publicly held registered B shares. The request is still pending and the delisting of Bank Sarasin's registered B shares to which the SIX agreed will become effective when the decision of the Basel court to cancel the remaining publicly held registered B shares of Sarasin shall have become final. Further inquiry note: Benedikt Gratzl Media Relations T: +41(0)61 277 70 88 Benedikt.Gratzl@sarasin.ch Franziska Gumpfer-Keller Media Relations T: +41 (0)44 213 97 35 franziska.gumpfer@sarasin.ch end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: Bank Sarasin + Cie AG Elisabethenstrasse 62 CH-4002 Basel phone: +41 (61) 277 77 77 FAX: +41 (61) 272 02 05 mail: info@sarasin.ch WWW: www.sarasin.ch sector: Banking ISIN: CH0038389307 indexes: SPIEX, SPI ex SLI stockmarkets: official dealing/general standard: SIX Swiss Exchange language: English