Change in Board of Directors of Private Equity Holding AG


News Release
Zug, May 11, 2012

Change in Board of Directors of Private Equity Holding AG

Dr. Hans Baumgartner, Chairman of Private Equity Holding AG, Dr. Chris Tanner, Martin Eberhard and Bernhard Schürmann stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting 2012. The Board of Directors has nominated Arnaud Studer as additional member; the AGM will take place on July 5, 2012 in Zug; Arnaud Studer has been following Private Equity Holding AG for several years as representative of Mantra Investissement SCA.

Arnaud Studer (born 1985) is a citizen of France and an Associate at Mantra Gestion, a Paris-based investment company specialized in listed private equity. Before joining Mantra he worked at Platina Partners, a private equity fund investing in special situations and renewable energies. Prior to this, he worked as an M&A analyst at BNP Paribas in Paris. Arnaud Studer holds a Master Degree in Management from Edhec Business School. He also earned a postgraduate degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The invitation to the Annual General Meeting will be distributed on June 13, 2012.

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Private Equity Holding AG (SIX: PEHN), managed by Alpha Associates, offers investors the opportunity to invest, within a simple legal and tax optimized structure, in a broadly diversified and professionally managed private equity portfolio.

For further information, please contact:

Peter Wolfers, Investor Relations, peter.wolfers@peh.ch, phone +41 41 726 79 80 or http://www.peh.ch.


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Press Release PEH 20120511