ALTIN – Request by Alpine Select to call an Extraordinary General Meeting Mittwoch, 03. Februar 2016 - 18:30

Baar, 3 February 2016 - The Board of Directors of ALTIN AG (SIX: ALTN, LSE: AIA), informs that Alpine Select AG and Absolute Invest AG, shareholders in ALTIN with combined holdings of 1’118’170 shares, equalling 32.41% of voting rights have called for an Extraordinary General Meeting to take place by 16 March 2016.

Alpine Select AG and Absolute Invest AG have called for the following items to be brought forward.

- Accumulation of a dividend: the payout of a dividend of CHF 20.00 per share, paid out of retained earnings.

- Composition of the Board of Directors: the removal of Mssrs. Peter Altorfer, Eric Syz and André Pabst. Alpine Select AG and Absolute Invest AG have proposed the election of Mssrs. Thomas Amstutz, Gerhard Niggli and Dieter Dubs.

According to the Swiss Code of Obligations, article 699, para 3, the calling of an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders may be requested by one or more shareholders representing together at least 10% of the share capital.

The Board of Directors of ALTIN will examine the requests of Alpine Select and Absolute Invest AG and communicate its position in due course.