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Cancellation of Registered Shares

Cancellation of Registered Shares

Zug, September 23, 2014

Private Equity Holding AG (PEH) informs that the cancellation of 325,000 registered shares which was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on July 4, 2014, has been registered by the commercial register on September 22, 2014. The exchange adjustment will be made on September 25, 2014. From that date on, the listed share capital of the Company consists of 3,100,000 registered shares with a par value of CHF 6 each.

As a result of the cancellation, the shareholder group Alpha Associates, which comprises the management and former members of the management of Alpha Associates AG will hold more than 25% of the Company's shares and the Company's holding of its own shares will reduce to below 3%.

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Private Equity Holding AG (SIX: PEHN) 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:

David Wetter, Investor Relations, david.wetter@peh.ch, phone +41 41 726 79 80, http://www.peh.ch