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Castle Private Equity AG announces that the company's semi-annual report 2018 is now available under CastlePE's website

On 13 August 2018, the share buyback programme on a second trading line at SIX Swiss Exchange was terminated prematurely. Overall, a total of 1,548,264 registered shares or 8.59% of the current share capital and voting rights were bought back.

Castle Private Equity AG announces changes in its shareholder structure as a result of the recently conducted capital reduction. The shareholder Berlin-AI Fund SCS, SICAV-FIS increased its stake from previously below 10 per cent to over 10 per cent of the company’s issued share capital.

Castle Private Equity AG announces that the ordinary general meeting today approved all items proposed.

Please be informed that Castle Private Equity AG will hold its ordinary general meeting (AGM) on 14 May 2018 at 14:00h CET (doors open at 13:30h CET).

Castle Private Equity AG announces changes in its shareholder structure as a result of the recently conducted share buyback programme at a fixed price. The shareholder Swiss Life Asset Management AG has decreased its stake from previously over 15 per cent to less than 3 per cent of the company's issued share capital.

On 8 February 2018 the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity Ltd. decided to implement the share buyback programme at a fixed price. Castle Private Equity Ltd. planed to repurchase up to 6,165,955 registered shares (23.42% of the outstanding share capital) at a buyback price of CHF 17.25 per registered share.

Castle Private Equity's 2017 annual report is now available on the Castle Private Equity website at www.castlepe.com.

On 8 February 2018 the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity Ltd. decided to implement the share buyback approved by shareholders at the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting held on 25 October 2017 by way of a share buyback programme at a fixed price. Shares bought back will be cancelled.

On 29 November Castle Private Equity Ltd announced that the transaction to buy back shares as communicated on October 3rd, 2017 and approved by the extraordinary shareholders meeting on 25 October 2017 could not be pursued for the time being due to conditions precedent not being met. These conditions included in particular the commitments of major shareholders to tender their shares.

On 23 August 2018 Castle Private Equity Ltd. announced a share buyback pro-gramme by issuing put options tradable on SIX Swiss Exchange. The put op-tions have been traded from 28 August 2018 to and including 19 September 2018. Every 20 put options entitled shareholders to tender one registered share at the exercise price of CHF 21.00

On 23 August 2018 the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity Ltd. has decided to issue put options tradeable on SIX Swiss Exchange. Each shareholder will be granted 1 put option free of charge for each registered share held. Every 20 put options will entitle shareholders to tender one registered share with a nominal value of CHF 0.05 at the exercise price of CHF 21.00. This represents a premium of 27.3% to the closing price of the registered share on 23 August 2018. The put options will be traded from 28 August 2018 to and including 19 September 2018. The put options must be exercised on 21 September 2018 (European style) by 11.00 a.m. CET at the latest. The net purchase price (exercise price minus 35% withholding tax calculated on the difference between the exercise price and the nominal value) will be paid on 24 September 2018.

The extraordinary General Meeting of Castle Private Equity AG (with its registered office in Freienbach), Schützenstrasse 6, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ, of 25 October 2017 authorised the Board of Directors to buy back 6,165,955 registered shares for the purpose of a capital reduction as part of a share buyback programme via a fixed price. On that basis, the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity AG decided on 8 February 2018 to buy back a maximum of 6,165,955 registered shares at a fixed price (23.42% of the capital and the voting rights of the share capital currently registered in the commercial register) (the "share buyback programme"). At the next annual general meeting, the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity AG will propose a capital reduction.

The Annual General Meeting of 15 May 2017 authorised the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity AG to buy back own shares up to a maximum of 10% of the share capital in order to a further capital reduction.

On 30 May 2017 Castle Private Equity Ltd. announced a share buyback programme by issuing put options tradable on SIX Swiss Exchange. The put options have been traded from 1 to and including 19 June 2017. Every 20 put options entitled shareholders to tender one registered share at the exercise price of CHF 18.15.

The Annual General Meeting of 15 May 2017 authorised the Board of Directors of Castle Private Equity AG to buy back own shares up to a maximum of 10% of the share capital in order to a further capital reduction.

Our annual report was published online on 20 February 2017. Printed versions will be available on request.

Our annual general meeting will take place on the 15 May 2017. Invitations will be sent electronically.