Sulzer : Placement of Sulzer treasury shares initiated

The shares will be offered to investors in Switzerland and to institutional investors outside of Switzerland in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers according to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The price of the placed shares will be determined in an accelerated bookbuilding procedure.

UBS and Credit Suisse are acting as Joint Bookrunners on this accelerated bookbuilding placement.

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The securities to which this announcement relates have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), or the laws of any state, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. There will not be a public offering of securities in the United States.

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This communication does not constitute an 'offer of securities to the public' within the meaning of Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Union (the Prospectus Directive) of the securities referred to herein in any member state of the European Economic Area (the EEA). Any offers of the securities referred to in this announcement to persons in the EEA will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive, as implemented in member states of the EEA, from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of the Securities.

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