PARIS ORLEANS : Orléans will change its name to Rothschild & Co

Paris, 8 April 2015
For immediate release

Paris Orléans' Group announces that it will change the name of the listed holding company from Paris Orléans to Rothschild & Co to further reflect the partnerships philosophy, subject to shareholders approval at the next General Meeting.
Eric de Rothschild, chairman of the Paris Orléans Supervisory Board and David de Rothschild, chairman of PO Gestion, managing partner of Paris Orléans said "it emphasises the presence of long term shareholders, who accompany our family in this venture as well as the partnership culture that prevails within our Group. Changing the listed entity name is the logical and necessary outcome of the Group's transformation."
The commitment that the Rothschild family members in the firm have to its long-term success, and to their role in it, remains unchanged. They continue to be at the core of the global business, with family control assured through the corporate structure established in 2012. The direction of the business and
how the individual businesses are run and governed will remain.

Paris Orléans operates in the following areas:

 Global Financial Advisory provides advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, debt financing and restructuring, and equity capital markets;

 Wealth & Asset Management, and

 Merchant Banking which comprises third party private equity and private debt business and proprietary investments.

Paris Orléans SCA is a French partnership limited by shares (société en commandite par actions) with a share capital of

€142,274,072. Paris trade and companies registry 302 519 228. Registered office: 23 bis avenue de Messine, 75008 Paris, France. Paris Orléans is listed on Euronext in Paris, Compartment A - ISIN Code: FR0000031684

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