Take-up for the scrip dividend alternative
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Capital increase
Compagnie Financière Tradition SA reports that following the decision taken at the AGM on 10 May to offer a scrip dividend option, the take-up by shareholders will result in a capital increase of CHF 766,915. This will take place through the creation of 306,766 new Compagnie Financière Tradition shares, with a nominal value of CHF 2.50 each. The shares will be fully paid up by conversion of the Company's available equity. They will carry dividend rights from the 2012 financial year.
Following this increase, the share capital will be CHF 16,224,090, divided into 6,489,636 shares of CHF 2.50 nominal value.
New shares will begin trading on 25 May.
With a presence in 27 countries, Compagnie Financière Tradition SA is one of the world's leading interdealer brokers (IDB). The Group provides broking services for a complete range of financial products (money market products, bonds, interest rate, currency and credit derivatives, equities, equity derivatives, interest rate futures and index futures) and non-financial products (energy and environmental products, and precious metals).
Compagnie Financière Tradition (CFT) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. For more information on our Group, please visit our website at www.tradition.com.
Lausanne, 23 May 2012
Press contacts:
Compagnie Financière Tradition SA Rochat & Partners
Patrick Combes, President Philippe Dunant
Tel.: +41 21 343 52 87 Tel. : +41 22 718 37 42
