LUMX GROUP LIMITED 
By At yesterday's Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited (Gottex or the Company), the shareholders approved with substantial majorities all resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors:
The approval and adoption of the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ended 31 December 2013 with the Reports of the Directors and the Auditors.
The re-appointment of Ernst & Young as auditor of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the next annual general meeting and the authorisation of the Company's directors to fix the auditor's remuneration.
Maximillian Gottschalk and Dr. William Landes were re-elected as Directors for a three year term of office.
The Company was authorised pursuant to section 315 of the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (the Law) to make market acquisitions of fully paid shares in the Company.
The Directors of the Company were authorised to issue shares in the Company on the terms and conditions set out in Article 5 of the Company's articles of incorporation (the Articles) for the Employee Ownership Plan up to a maximum of 2,724,800 shares.
Approval of certain amendments to the Company's memorandum of incorporation (the Memorandum) and its Articles, including authorising the Directors to issue up to 20 million new shares of CHF 1.00 each in the Company, pursuant to the terms of an amended Article 4, amending Article 13, amending the Memorandum, inserting a new Article 2 (a) (a) and amending the Articles to allow greater flexibility in relation to giving notice electronically and publishing documents on websites.
The Directors were authorised to issue 14 million shares of CHF 1.00 each in the Company, to satisfy the requirements of completion of the purchase (the EIM Acquisition) of the entire share capital of EIM Participation Luxembourg S.A. (EIM).
To waive the pre-emption provisions in the Articles in relation to the issue of 14 million shares in the Company, in connection with the EIM Acquisition.
To authorise the off-market acquisition by the Company from Opal Fortune Inc., pursuant to section 314 of the Law, the Articles, the rules of SIX Swiss Exchange (the Exchange) of up to, in aggregate, 700 thousand of the Company's own shares.
To authorise the off market acquisition by the Company from RBC Cees Trustees Limited in its capacity as trustee of the GFMH Employee Benefit Trust, pursuant to section 314 of the Law, the Articles, the applicable Exchange rules of up to, in aggregate, 700 thousand of the Company's own shares, for a cash consideration equal to the prevailing market value or such lower amount as the Directors may determine.
Conditional upon Completion of the EIM Acquisition (Completion) and subject to any applicable requirements of the Exchange being satisfied, to appoint Arpad Busson as non-executive chairman of the board of Directors of the Company with effect from Completion.
Conditional upon Completion and subject to any applicable Exchange requirement to appoint Christopher Preston as a non-executive Director of the Company with effect from Completion.
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Gottex Fund Management Holdings Ltd. Conditional upon Completion and subject to any applicable Exchange requirements, to appoint Eric Bissonnier as an executive Director of the Company with effect from Completion.
In terms of organisational structure, Gottex has received notice from Mr Doug Brown, a non-executive director of the Company, of his intent to step down as a Board member as of the date of this AGM.
For Additional Information
Gottex Fund Management Holdings Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Andre Keijsers Michael Berkeley / Caroline Merrell
Tel: +44 20 7494 5148 Tel: +44 20 7638 9571
Gottex will release its Q1 2014 trading update on 24 April 2014.
About Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited
Incorporated in Guernsey, Gottex is the holding company of a leading independent global alternative investment management group, whose core business is providing predominantly alternative multi-manager and multi-asset investment solutions and related advisory and risk management services. In this capacity, the Gottex Group provides multi-asset endowment- style investment products, multi-manager hedge fund solutions (including market-independent comingled portfolios) and sector-specific single investor vehicles, as well as a selection of Asian-focused funds to a global and diversified institutional and retail clientele.
With offices in Guernsey, Lausanne, London, Hong Kong, New York, Boston, Luxembourg, and Zurich and affiliates in Shanghai, Melbourne, Tokyo and Auckland, the Gottex Group is present on four continents with over 40 dedicated investment professionals on the ground. As at 31 December 2013, Gottex and EIM had USD 8.1 billion of total client assets.
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