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Castle Alternative Invest AG

On January 15, 2014, Castle Alternative Invest AG (the Company ) purchased 5,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of CHF 5 each ( shares ). These shares were purchased on the Company s second trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker: CASNE). Under the current buyback programme, the Company has to date purchased 591,000 shares on its second trading line. It is intended that these shares be cancelled in due course. The total number of shares currently in issue is 13,371,710 of which 591,000 (4.42%) are referred to above. A further 82,500 (0.62%) shares were purchased for cancellation in the previous second line buyback programme which ended on June 5, 2013 and it is intended that these shares also be cancelled in due course. Accordingly the Company reports a total holding of 5.04% of its own shares.