Christian Baillet is resigning from the Board of Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A., citing personal and professional reasons

28 december 2010 Compagnie Financière Tradition / Christian Baillet is resigning from the Board of Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A., citing personal and professional reasons Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Christian Baillet is resigning from the Board of Directors of Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A. as of 31 December 2010, for personal and professional reasons. Mr. Baillet served on the Audit and Remuneration Committees and he will continue to contribute to the work of these Committees after his resignation. In accepting his resignation the Company extended its warmest thanks to Christian Baillet for the contribution he has made to the Group for close to 14 years. 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 is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (CFT). You can find out more about our Group on our website at www.tradition.com. Lausanne, 28 December 2010 Contacts: Compagnie Financière Tradition SA        Rochat & Partners Patrick Combes, President                          Philippe Dunant Tel: +41 21 343 52 78                                 Tel.: +41 22 718 37 42 --- End of Message --- Compagnie Financière Tradition Langallerie 11 Lausanne Switzerland WKN: 870121;ISIN: CH0014345117; Listed: Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart, Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin, Open Market (Freiverkehr) in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse; Press release CFT : http://hugin.info/133362/R/1475937/412056.pdf This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Compagnie Financière Tradition via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1475937]