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Media Release

EFG International publishes agenda for its Annual General Meeting

Zurich, 02 April 2020

EFG International today published its invitation to the Annual General Meeting, which is scheduled to be held on 29 April 2020 with no public attendance allowed.

Administrative details pertaining to the coronavirus (COVID-19)

Please note that, due to the spread of the coronavirus and in accordance with the provisions as stipulated in the Ordinance of the Federal Council of Switzerland on the policies for combatting the coronavirus (COVID-19-Ordinance 2), EFG will conduct this year's Annual General Meeting without any attendees present. Accordingly, shareholders are not allowed to attend the Annual General Meeting in person and are instead asked to exercise their voting rights via the independent proxy. For more information on how to grant a power of attorney, please refer to the 'Administrative details' section of the Invitation to the Annual General Meeting.

Selected agenda items

For the 2019 financial year, the Board of Directors of EFG International proposes to the Annual General Meeting the payment of a dividend by way of a distribution out of reserves from capital contributions of CHF 0.30 per share (free from Swiss withholding tax). This is unchanged from the dividend distributed in the prior year. The ex-dividend date is 04 May 2020, the dividend record date is 05 May 2020, and the payment of the cash distribution is scheduled for 06 May 2020.

At this year's Annual General Meeting, EFG's Chair of the Board of Directors, John Williamson, has decided not to stand for re-election. In his place, Peter Fanconi will be nominated as the new Chair of the Board of Directors for a term of office of one year. In addition, Amy Yip and Carlo Lombardini will be nominated as a new members of EFG's Board of Directors for a term of office of one year. All other members of the Board of Directors will stand for re-election for another one-year term of office.

John Williamson has been with EFG for more than 18 years, during which he significantly shaped and influenced the bank. He has chaired EFG's Board of Directors since 2016, after having served as the Vice-Chair from 2015 to 2016 and as its Chief Executive Officer from 2011 to 2015. John Williamson will continue to support the Group as a strategic advisor in the future. EFG's Board of Directors would like to thank John Williamson for his exemplary and dedicated service to EFG during which he worked relentlessly to support the bank's growth whilst preserving its founding entrepreneurial approach and singular client focus.

As previously announced in November 2019, Peter Fanconi will be proposed for election as the new Chair of the Board of Directors of EFG International and EFG Bank. Peter Fanconi is a proven specialist and entrepreneur in the field of financial services. He has extensive industry experience, having worked for renowned organisations in numerous executive positions for more than 20 years.

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He has held a number of Board positions with global industry players and currently serves as Chair of the Supervisory Board of both BlueOrchard Finance and Graubündner Kantonalbank.

In addition and as previously announced, the Board has nominated Amy Yip - who also serves as Chair of EFG's Asia Pacific Advisory Board since August 2019 - as a new member of the Board of Directors. Amy Yip has a deep understanding of the Asian private banking industry. She has held several managerial and advisory roles at global leading financial institutions during her distinguished career and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Fidelity International, Deutsche Börse, Temenos and Prudential PLC.

Furthermore, the Board of Directors is today also pleased to propose Carlo Lombardini for election as a new member of the Board of Directors. Carlo Lombardini is a proven specialist in the field of banking law, having worked as a lawyer with Poncet Turrettini in Geneva, where he served as a partner since 1990. In addition, he has extensive experience in the academic sector, having held various academic positions within the law faculty of the University of Lausanne, and in-depth knowledge of the Swiss financial services industry, having held several board memberships, where he served as an active member of the audit and risk committees and later as Chairman of such committees. Currently, he serves as Chairman of HSBC Private Bank (Luxembourg) SA and of BPI (Suisse) SA, a third-party asset manager belonging to Banco BPI and will step down from these positions to join the Board of Directors of EFG International and EFG Bank. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Crédit Agricole Next Bank (Suisse) SA and GSA Gestions Sportives Automobiles SA.

Further proposals to the Annual General Meeting include, among other items:

  • The re-election of the members of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee, with the exception of John Williamson, and, subject to his election as a member of the Board, the election of Peter Fanconi as a member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee.
  • The approval of the compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee

Invitation and agenda items for the AGM

The invitation and agenda items for the Annual General Meeting can be found on EFG International's website at: www.efginternational.com/agm

Contact

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About EFG International

EFG International is a global private banking group offering private banking and asset management services and is headquartered in Zurich. EFG International's group of private banking businesses operates in around 40 locations worldwide. Its registered shares (EFGN) are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

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Important Disclaimer

This document has been prepared by EFG International AG ("EFG") solely for use by you for general information only and does not contain and is not to be taken as containing any securities advice, recommendation, offer or invitation to subscribe for, purchase or redeem any securities regarding EFG.

This release contains specific forward-looking statements that include terms like "believe", "assume", "expect", "target" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements represent EFG's judgments and expectations and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may result in a substantial divergence between the actual results, the financial situation, and/or the development or performance of the company and those explicitly or implicitly presumed in these statements. EFG is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law or regulation.

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