Compagnie Financière Tradition:Share issue price to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting on 10 May 2012:

In accordance with and subject to the terms of the proposal of the Board of Directors, published in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce of 19 April 2012 in connection with the Compagnie Financière Tradition SA Annual General Meeting, to be held on 10 May 2012 at 3.00 pm to approve the company and group accounts for the 2011 financial year, the Board has proposed a dividend of CHF 4 per bearer share.

The Board has proposed to give each shareholder the option of receiving this dividend in cash or in new Compagnie Financière Tradition bearer shares (scrip dividend).

To enable payment of this scrip dividend, the Board will seek shareholder approval to increase the share capital, with an issue price set at CHF 60 per share, calculated in accordance with the method described in the notice of the above meeting (available on the Company's website: www.tradition.com).

With a presence in 27 countries, Compagnie Financière Tradition SA is one of the world's leading interdealer brokers (IDB). The Group provides broking services for a complete range of financial products (money market products, bonds, interest rate, currency and credit derivatives, equities, equity derivatives, interest rate futures and index futures) and non-financial products (energy and environmental products, and precious metals).

Compagnie Financière Tradition (CFT) is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. For more information on our Group, please visit our website at www.viel.com.

Lausanne, 10 May 2012

Compagnie Financière Tradition SA          Rochat & Partners

Patrick Combes, President                             Philippe Dunant

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