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Swiss Merchant Group AG SWISS MERCHANT GROUP AG HAS ISSUED A 100 MILLION SWISS FRANC - SENIOR SECURED CORPORATE BOND, ISIN CH0323874260, ON May 31, 2016, WITH A FIXED COUPON OF 6 % PER YEAR AND A MATURITY OF 4 YEARS.

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Swiss Merchant Group AG SWISS MERCHANT GROUP AG HAS ISSUED A 100 MILLION
SWISS FRANC - SENIOR SECURED CORPORATE BOND, ISIN CH0323874260, ON May 31,
2016, WITH A FIXED COUPON OF 6 % PER YEAR AND A MATURITY OF 4 YEARS.

29.06.2016 / 15:25
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Swiss Merchant Group AG, a Swiss based investment company, announced the
issuance of a senior corporate bond on May 31, 2016. Swiss Merchant Group
AG will fully guarantee the bond principal and the coupon payment
obligations arising from it. Swiss Merchant Group AG aims to market the
bond in a private placement in Switzerland, as well as with institutional
investors under Swiss Law. The private placement memorandum will be
available directly at company headquarters in Zug, Switzerland.

Swiss Merchant Group AG will invest the bond proceeds into real estate
opportunities and industrial investments in listed and unlisted entities to
extend Swiss Merchant Group's investment portfolio. This will further
enhance the current revenues with additional cash flows.
Swiss Merchant Group AG, which will act as a guarantor of the corporate
bond, is a Swiss based investment company.

Axel Krueger, Chairman of the board of Swiss Merchant Group AG, said: "Our
company has achieved outstanding progress and has evolved into a successful
investment company. We plan to invest the funds generated by the bond
primarily to extend our portfolio in acquiring Swiss, German and Austrian
real estate properties and industrial investment opportunities. In doing
so, we will focus on real estate assets and companies in Switzerland,
Germany and Austria with a stable and sustainable income.

About Swiss Merchant Group AG
Swiss Merchant Group AG ("SMG") is a Swiss based investment company focused
on private and publicly traded companies. The investment targets are asset
based companies, primary real estate or industrial entities with a strong,
positive cash-flow, generated by the underlying assets and evidenced in
their balance sheet.

Swiss Merchant Group AG is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. Swiss
Merchant Group's corporate bond is a fully bankable non-listed senior
secured debt security.