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30.01.2008

At the extraordinary general meeting in Bern on January 30, 2008, Valora´s
shareholders elected Conrad Löffel, Rolando Benedick and Markus Fiechter as
Board Directors. Valora´s Board of Directors then held a constitutive meeting,
at which it elected Rolando Benedick as its new Chairman.

385 shareholders attended Valora Holding AG´s extraordinary general meeting in
Bern. The shareholders attending in person, plus the proxies issued to the
independent shareholders´ representative and to the company, as well as the
proxies for deposited shares, represented an aggregate total of 1´540´733 voting
shares of Valora Holding AG.
Conrad Löffel, Rolando Benedick and Markus Fiechter were elected to serve as
Directors for three-year terms of office (i.e. until the ordinary general
meeting in 2011). Valora´s shareholders refused the election of the remaining
two candidates, Adriano Agosti and Geltrude Renzi.

Rolando Benedick elected as Chairman of the Board - new Board Committee
memberships
Immediately following the general meeting, Valora´s newly constituted Board of
Directors held its first meeting, at which Rolando Benedick was elected as the
new Board Chairman. The composition of the Board Committees was decided as
follows:

Audit Comittee:
Conrad Löffel (Chairman)
Andreas Gubler
Werner Kuster
Rolando Benedick

Nomination and Compensation Committee:
Franz Julen (Chairman)
Markus Fiechter
Paul-Bernhard Kallen
Beatrice Tschanz
Rolando Benedick

Further inquiry note:
Media Relations
Stefania Misteli
Phone +41 58 789 12 01
Mobile +41 79 467 52 16
E-mail [email protected]

Investor Relations:
Stefan Knuchel
Phone: +41 58 789 12 20
Mobile: +41 79 430 52 45
E-mail: [email protected]

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emitter: Valora Holding AG
Belpstrasse 37
CH-3007 Bern
phone: +41 58 789 11 11
FAX: +41 58 789 11 12
mail: [email protected]
WWW: www.valora.com
sector: Retail
ISIN: CH0002088976
indexes:
stockmarkets: official market: SWX Swiss Exchange, official dealing: BX Berne
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language: English

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