Subsidiary of Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank, Cr�dit Agricole (Suisse)SA was formed on 19 March 2005 when the Cr�dit Lyonnais (Suisse) SA and the Cr�dit Agricole Indosuez (Suisse) SA merged together. The Banks presence in Switzerland dates back more than 130 years to 1876, when Cr�dit Lyonnais opened its first branch in Geneva. Its 1'100 staff is divided between the head office in Geneva,the four branches (Lausanne,Lugano, Basle and Z�rich) and the logistics centre in Vennes-Lausanne.

Cr�dit Agricole (Suisse) SA is a universal bank that has developed three core areas of expertise:

Private Banking, which is the Banks main activity, with more than CHF 50 billion in client assets under management in 2006. Cr�dit Agricole (Suisse) SA ranks among the leading foreign banks in Switzerland and efforts to expand the client base have been extended to the entire country and to the rest of Europe.The Bank is the largest subsidiary of Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank's private banking network and provides its clients with a comprehensive range of products and services.

Financial Markets (Foreign Exchange,Treasury and Precious Metals).

Corporate Banking, which covers two complementary activities: transactional commodity finance and commercial banking.