CFR - Richemont - Richemont Announces Completion Of Share Buy-Back Programme

CFR - Richemont - Richemont Announces Completion Of Share Buy-Back Programme    
Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA Depositary Receipts                           
issued by Richemont Securities AG                                               
(Incorporated in Switzerland)                                                   
ISIN: CH0045159024                                                              
Depositary Receipt Code: CFR                                                    
("Richemont" or "the Company")                                                  
RICHEMONT ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF SHARE BUY-BACK PROGRAMME                      
Richemont announces the completion of its extended programme to buy back 15.4   
million Richemont `A` shares through the market.                                
A programme to buy back 10 million `A` units was announced on 22 May 2008. The  
approval for an extension to buy back a further 5.4 million `A` shares over a   
two-year period was received on 29 May 2009. The change from units to shares and
the extension followed from the Group`s restructuring of 20 October 2008. The   
extended programme therefore allowed for the buy-back of up to 15.4 million `A` 
shares over the three-year period from May 2008 to May 2011 and represented 2.68
per cent of the capital and 1.48 per cent of the voting rights of Compagnie     
Financiere Richemont SA.                                                        
Purchases were effected on SIX Swiss Exchange at prevailing market prices and   
through the exercise of over-the-counter call options. The `A` shares acquired  
have not been cancelled and no second trading line was introduced as a          
consequence of the buy-back programme. The `A` shares acquired will be held in  
treasury to hedge awards to executives under the Group`s stock option plan.     
Richemont currently holds in treasury 24.1 million `A` shares, representing 4.20
per cent of the capital and 2.31 per cent of the voting rights of the Company.  
In addition, Richemont holds over-the-counter call options to acquire a further 
13.6 million `A` shares, representing 2.37 per cent of the capital and 1.30 per 
cent of the voting rights of the Company. All such shares and call options are  
linked to the Group`s stock option plan.                                        
Richemont `A` shares (Valorennummer 4503965; ISIN CH 0045039655) are traded on  
SIX Swiss Exchange and are included in the SMI Swiss Market Index.              
24 JULY 2009                                                                    
Richemont holds a portfolio of several of the most prestigious names in the     
luxury goods industry including Cartier,                                        
Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, Jaeger-LeCoultre, IWC, Alfred  
Dunhill and Montblanc.                                                          
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA                                               
50, Chemin de la Chenaie  CH-1293 Bellevue - Geneva Switzerland                 
Telephone +41 (0)22 721 3500  Telefax +41 (0)22 721 3550  www.richemont.com     
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