Stephen Jack joins Compagnie Financière Tradition SA as CFO for the Group

Corporate news announcement processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Tradition is pleased to announce that Stephen Jack joins the group as CFO. Stephen Jack has previously held position of CFO at Collins Stewart Tullet plc. and was CFO for the last two years at Straumur Investment Bank. With a presence in 27 countries, Compagnie Financière Tradition is a leading interdealer broker (IDB) in the international market. 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 (precious metals, and energy and environmental products). Compagnie Financière Tradition is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. You can find out more about our Group on our website at www.traditiongroup.com. Lausanne, 5th june 2009 Press contacts: Compagnie Financière Tradition Patrick Combes, President Tel.: +41 21 343 52 66 Rochat & Partners Maryline Basset Tel.: +41 22 786 54 55 --- End of Message --- Compagnie Financière Tradition Langallerie 11 Lausanne Switzerland WKN: 870121; ISIN: CH0014345117; Index: SPI, SSCI, SPIEX; Listed: Main Market in SIX Swiss Exchange;