Bank Vontobel AG   Postal address PO Box, 8022 Zurich Street address Bahnhofstrasse 3, 8022 Zurich Telephone (41-1) 283-7111 Fax (41-1) 283-7650 E-mail - Website www.vontobel.com Established 1924 Employees 1,254 Ownership Vontobel Holding AG, Zurich (100%) This company is controlled by the following: Shareholder pool (about 68%) Raiffeisen Switzerland, St. Gallen (12.5%) The shareholder pool includes Ruth de la Cour, Hans Vontobel, Vontrust AG (A Vontobel family holding company), the Vontobel Foundation, Pellegrinus Holding AG (controlled by Corvus Foundation), Vontobel Holding AG itself and three executives (Edwin Schildknecht, Walter Temperli and Christoph Ledergerber) Key personnel Dr. Urs Widmer (Chairman) Herbert J. Scheidt (CEO) Auditors Ernst & Young AG, Berne History Founded in 1924 as Haeberli & Cie. Name changed to Bank J. Vontobel & Co. in 1936. Current name adopted January 1, 2000. Acquired stakes in Banque Tardy, de Watteville & Cie SA, Geneva, in 1993 and Bankhaus Berger & Comp. AG, Salzburg, in 1995 (later renamed Banque Vontobel Genève and Bank Vontobel Österreich). The Raiffeisen group of Swiss cooperative banks bought 12.5% and entered into strategic relationship in 2003. Acquired 56% of Harcourt Investment Consulting AG, Zurich, in 2005 and the brokerage and corporate finance activities of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie in 2006. Other offices Geneva, Lucerne, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg Madrid, Milan, New York, Vancouver, Cayman Click here for: News Index, Notes Last update: April 05, 2008

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