Corporate Finance Tradition: Dividends Approved in 2021

Corporate Finance Tradition: Annual General Meeting Approves Dividend Plan for 2021

2021 dividend

On May 19, 2021, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders («CFT») held at Compagnie Financière Tradition SA in Lausanne approved the board’s recommendation to distribute dividends (dividends) in the form of cash dividends and treasury shares held by CFT.

Dividends include 5.00 Swiss francs per CFT holder’s share (cash dividend) paid in cash, with a face value of 2.50 Swiss francs (holder’s share) and 75 unregistered shares held by each holder’s share for each distribution. It is deducted from the statutory reserve for capital contributions (“stock dividends”).

Cash dividend (coupon number 26)

Quantity
After deducting the 35% federal withholding tax, the total amount is CHF 5.00 each
The net cash value per bearer share is CHF 3.25

Ex-dividend date
May 21, 2021

Payment date
May 31, 2021

Stock dividends (coupon number 26)

Allocation ratio
1 out of every 75 shares held is a shareholder.

Reference stock price
114.58 Swiss francs
The reference stock price is equivalent to the average of the closing prices of unregistered stocks on the Swiss Six Exchange in the 20 trading days before the annual general meeting (that is, from April 20, 2021 to May 18, 2021). Cash dividend of CHF 5.00.

Score payment
A fraction of bearer shares will be settled in cash based on the reference stock price. The score cannot be rounded.

Ex-dividend date
May 21, 2021

Payment date
May 31, 2021

Shareholder procedures
For escrow account holders: There is no need for shareholders to take any action. The custodian bank will automatically handle the payment of dividends (cash dividends and stock dividends).
For stock holders: Shareholders who keep bearer shares at home are required to submit coupons numbered. On the 26th, it demanded cash dividends from its bank. In order to obtain stock dividends, these shareholders are required to deposit their bearer shares in an escrow account before the annual general meeting. If they fail to do so, they will receive a cash payment equal to one-seventh of the reference stock price for each coupon. 26 Submit to their bank.

Taxes

Cash dividends (the total taxable amount per bearer share is CHF 5.00) shall be subject to income tax for shareholders with a residence in Switzerland and a federal withholding tax of 35%. CFT will transfer the withholding tax on cash dividends to the Federal Revenue Service.

For stock dividends (including those paid in cash), the total taxable amount per bearer share is 1.53 Swiss francs (reference stock price divided by 75) without paying Swiss business tax and federal withholding tax.

For shareholders residing in Switzerland who hold bearer shares held in Switzerland as private assets, stock dividends are not subject to income tax. For shareholders who settle in Switzerland and hold bearer stocks as corporate assets, stock dividends are subject to income tax.

Shareholders residing outside Switzerland will be taxed in accordance with the applicable laws of their respective countries/regions and may claim federal withholding tax under any applicable double taxation agreement.

This notice does not constitute a prospectus as defined in the Swiss Financial Services Act (FinSA).

CompagnieFinancièreTradition SA Securities Number ISIN stock code

The nominal value of the bearer shares is 2.50 1 434 511 CH 001 434511 7 CFT

Compagnie Financière Tradition SA is one of the world’s largest over-the-counter financial and commodity-related product brokers. Compagnie Financière Tradition SA has representative offices in 29 countries/regions, has more than 2,300 employees worldwide, and provides various financial products (money market products, bonds, interest rates, currency and credit derivatives, stocks, stock derivatives, interest rate futures) And index futures) and non-financial products (energy and environmental products and precious metals). Compagnie Financière Tradition SA (CFT) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

For more information, please visit www.tradition.com.

• CFT-Notice on May 21, 2021_EN.docx