Regulatory News

July 16, 2012

Castle Alternative Invest AG 

Transaction in own shares

Castle Alternative Invest AG (the "Company") announces that on July 16, 2012, it purchased 5,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of CHF 5 each ("shares") at an average price per share of CHF 11.90.

These shares were purchased on the Company's second trading line on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ticker: CASNE). Under the current buyback programme, the Company has to date purchased 95,000 shares on its second trading line. It is intended that these shares be cancelled in due course.

The total number of shares currently in issue is 17,481,596 of which 95,000 are referred to above and 1,519,487 are shares held in treasury.  A further 1,701,949 shares were purchased for cancellation in the previous  second line buyback programme which ended on June 5, 2012. The Company's AGM held on May 15, 2012 approved the cancellation of 1,128,779  of these shares. This is expected to take place on or shortly after July 24, 2012.

For further information, please contact:
 
Mark White, General Manager, telephone +44 (0)207 529 0960
 
Pia Skogstrom, Investor Relations, telephone +44 (0)207 529 0971
 
or e-mail: lgt.cai@lgt.com
 
www.castleai.com
 
Neither the contents of the Company's website nor the contents of any website accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other website) is incorporated into, or forms part of, this announcement.

Swiss Security Number 509.275
A joint stock corporation incorporated on July 30, 1996 under Swiss laws
Registered Office: Schuetzenstrasse 6, 8808 Pfaeffikon/SZ, Switzerland