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44th Investment Company On The SWX Swiss Exchange

Date 30/11/2001

The shares of A&A Active Investor AG, headquartered in Rotkreuz, Switzerland, are traded for the first time today on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The standard price was set at CHF 69.40. The opening price in SWX trading today stood 4% above that level at CHF 72, representing a total market capitalisation of CHF 58 million.

According to the listing prospectus, all 807'600 of the bearer shares reflected in the Commercial Register, equivalent to 100% of the company's outstanding stock, were to be listed in the investment company segment of the SWX Swiss Exchange.

This holding company focuses on investments in listed corporations, which it has identified as having significant upside potential. It is able to close perceived value gaps by adopting an active investment policy, i.e. by influencing the strategic management of the corporation concerned.The holding company is especially interested in corporations from sectors that are undergoing structural change. A&A Active Investor is the fourth exchange-listed investment vehicle launched by the A&A Group. Products under the A&A name include the two on the SWX Swiss Exchange listed companies A&A Early Bird, A&A EIC Electricity Investment and A&A Bull and Bear, what is on Luxembourg Stock Exchange listed.