EANS-Adhoc: Bank Sarasin + Co. Ltd / Bank Sarasin nominates Mrs Dagmar G. Woehrl for election to the Board of Directors

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25.03.2011

At its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 5 April 2011, the Board of
Directors of Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd will be nominating Dagmar G. Woehrl, a
German MP, for election to the Board. Dagmar Woehrl is nominated to take the
place of Christian Brueckner, an existing board member who is not standing for
re-election on grounds of age.

Christoph Ammann, Chairman of the Board of Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd
"The Board of Directors is very pleased with the nomination of Mrs Dagmar G.
Woehrl. We can present the AGM with a highly experienced candidate whose
excellent track record and broad spectrum of activities have enabled her to
accumulate a vast pool of know-how which will provide a vast store of expertise
on which our board can draw."

Dagmar G. Woehrl
Born in 1954, German citizen, married with two children, lives in Nuremberg,
Germany, graduated in law from the Friedrich-Alexander University of
Erlangen-Nuremberg

After graduating in law in 1987, Dagmar G. Woehrl worked as a lawyer and
entrepreneur. Standing as a candidate of Germany´s CSU party, she was first
elected to Nuremberg City Council in 1990 and subsequently to the Bundestag,
Germany´s national parliament, in 1994. In addition to being CDU/CSU
spokesperson for economic policy, she was Parliamentary State Secretary at the
Ministry for Economics & Technology from 2005 to 2009, amongst other things. At
the same time she acted as Government Liaison Officer for the Maritime Industry.
Since November 2009 Dagmar G. Woehrl has been Chair of the Committee for
Economic Cooperation & Development, ordinary member of the Committee on Cultural
& Media Affairs deputy member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. In addition
to her political activities, Dagmar G. Woehrl also holds a broad variety of
honorary posts, including Chairman of Nuremberg´s Animal Protection League,
member of the German UNESCO Committee and a trustee of the Emanuel Foundation.
Dagmar G. Woehrl has been awarded the Federal Cross of Merit with ribbon, and
the Bavarian Order of Merit.

Further inquiry note:
Dr. Benedikt Gratzl
Head Corporate Communications
T.: +41(61) 277 70 88
Benedikt.Gratzl@sarasin.ch
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issuer:      Bank Sarasin + Cie AG
             Elisabethenstr.  62
             CH-4002 Basel
phone:       +41(61)277 77 77
FAX:         +41(61) 272 02 05
mail:        info@sarasin.ch
WWW:         http://www.sarasin.ch
sector:      Banking
ISIN:        CH0038389307
indexes:     SPIEX, SPI ex SLI

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