Team members of Raiffeisen Switzerland provided a fairness opinion to Nationale Suisse’s Board of Directors

Schweizerische National Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (“Nationale Suisse”) is a Swiss listed specialized property & casualty insurance group. It also provides certain life insurance policies. Helvetia has agreed to acquire the remaining stake it does not own in Nationale Suisse in a voluntary public takeover in a combination of cash (65%) and shares (35%). The offer is for the remaining shares the bidder does not own in the company and that are not held by Patria Co-operative, which jointly control 18.7% of National Suisse capital. Therefore, the stake targeted is 81.3%, which is partly held by certain competing insurance companies. Deal was executed by current Raiffeisen Corporate Finance team members under the J. Safra Sarasin umbrella, prior to joining MidCap/Raiffeisen