Zurich – Katrina Machin and Simonis Maria Hubertus (“Ben”) Tellings were newly elected to the Board of Directors by shareholders at today's Ordinary General Meeting 2016 of Cembra Money Bank AG in Zurich. Shareholders also re-elected the current members of the Board of Directors Dr. Felix A. Weber (Chairman), Prof. Dr. Peter Athanas, Urs D. Baumann, Denis Hall and Dr. Monica Mächler for a further one year term of office.

The Ordinary General Meeting voted in favour of payment of a dividend of CHF 3.35 per registered share for the financial year 2015. The dividend is 8% or CHF 0.25 higher than in the previous year (CHF 3.10). The pay-out ratio of 66% of net income remains at the same level as in the previous year. The dividend will be paid starting 3 May 2016. As the dividend will be paid out of statutory capital reserves, it will be exempt from the withholding tax in Switzerland.

The Ordinary General Meeting also approved all other agenda items by a clear majority, including the compensation report 2015 and amendments to the articles of associations made necessary by the new compensation system.

193 shareholders (including proxies), representing 16'831'309 registered shares or 56.10% of the shares, attended the Ordinary General Meeting.