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Thema International Fund Plc

Recent developments in the liquidation process of Thema International Fund Plc have allowed the liquidator to process several distribution amounts to the shareholders of the fund. Should you have held shares of Thema International Fund in custody at our Bank between December 2008 and December 2010, we invite you to contact us using the dedicated form (available in French only) in order to receive additional information.

Completed forms should be dated, signed and sent back to the Bank by mail, fax, email or handed over at our main office.

Automatic exchange of information (AEOI)

New standards have been adopted at international level with regards to taxation, in particular, the automatic exchange of information (AEOI). The AEOI regulates the exchange of information between the Tax administrations of the different participating states, which will be from now onwards done automatically. In this context, Switzerland will transfer to the participating states with whom it has concluded an agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "State / States"), a series of information on bank accounts held by customers with their tax domicile in one of these States. The AEOI applies both to natural persons and legal persons.

Up to now, Switzerland has concluded an AEOI agreement with, amongst others, the 28 Member States of the European Union. For these 28 Member States, the AEOI replaces the EU taxation of savings agreement which is repealed since January 1, 2017. The treaties with the United Kingdom and Austria on the withholding tax also disappear.

In addition, Switzerland has concluded AEOI agreements with other countries and has the intention to expand this list. You may consult at any time the latest list of agreements on the following link:
https://www.sif.admin.ch/sif/fr/home/multilateral/steuer_informationsaust/automatischer-informationsaustausch/automatischer-informationsaustausch1.html

The AEOI came into force in Switzerland on January 1, 2017. The first data will be collected in 2017 and communicated to the States as from 2018 onwards.

Deposit insurance

Like any bank or securities dealer in Switzerland, Banque Thaler is required to sign the Agreement by Swiss banks and Securities Dealers on Deposit Insurance and as such is a member of "esisuisse". Client deposits held with Swiss branches of the bank are protected for up to CHF 100'000 per client, per bank. All relevant information on the deposit insurance can be found at www.esisuisse.ch

Dormant Assets

See file : A factsheet of the Swiss Bankers Association

Special risks in securities trading

See file : Special Risks in Securities Trading

Conflict of interests policy

See file (french only) : Conflict of interests policy

Voting rights policy

See file : Voting rights policy