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Valora Holding CHF 166 million Rights Offering

On 9 November 2017, Valora Holding AG (Valora) launched its right offering of up to 687’119 registered shares. On 21 November 2017, Valora Holding AG completed the capital increase raising net proceeds of approximately CHF 166 million. The capital increase was executed as an “at market” rights offering. The offer price for the new shares of CHF 310 per new share was determined following a bookbuilding process for the shares not taken up by existing shareholders. Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan acted as Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners. Valora is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. It runs a retail network of convenience and food-service outlets in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France, and is also a leading producer of pretzels. Valora will use the proceeds from the capital increase to refinance its recent acquisition of BackWerk, to finance the expansion of production capacities, to refinance existing capital market instruments and for general corporate purposes. The newly issued shares were be traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange for the first time on 22 November 2017.