Swiss Prime Site : sponsors 18th national mini company competition

Olten, 27 May 2017

• Promoting youth initiatives seen as a key social responsibility
• Awards go to best mini companies in several categories
• Swiss Prime Site Marketing & Sales Award goes to Fruitgetable Bag Promoting youth initiatives seen as a key social responsibility

  As part of its endeavours to fulfil its social responsibilities, Swiss Prime Site supports a number of organisations, thus making a significant contribution towards the maintenance of diversity in business, culture, sport and society at large. It was in this context that the company decided to become a lead sponsor in the Company Programme operated by Young Enterprise Switzerland (YES). YES is a non-profit organisation engaged in developing economic education programmes for school students aged between 16 and 20. The objective is to foster links between schools and the business world. To that end, school students establish a mini company based on a business idea of their own. During the next year, they then endeavour to position their company in the market.

  Awards go to best mini companies in several categories

  During the latest Company Programme, more than 200 mini companies were established. In March 2017, YES announced its choice of the top 50 among these. The selection was made on the basis of the companies' performance at the regional trade fair and the quality of the business plans they submitted. In the spring of 2017, the top 25 teams were chosen at the national trade fair. Each of these is now eligible to attain the title of Company of the Year 2017. At the final event, held at Zurich's main railway station, an expert jury awarded the first prize to the mini company SmartBottle (www.smartbottle.ch). This decision was based not only on SmartBottle's business idea, but also on its stage presentation, its annual report and its performance when interviewed about these elements. Having now been voted the number one mini company in Switzerland, SmartBottle has also qualified for the European final in Brussels.

  Swiss Prime Site Marketing & Sales Award goes to Fruitgetable Bag

  As a lead sponsor, Swiss Prime Site was accorded the honour of presenting the award in the Best Marketing & Sales category. Thanks to the professionalism of its overall execution and the skill it showed in making its presentation, both during the live event and online, the mini company Fruitgetable Bag (www.fruitgetablebag.ch) was able to secure first prize in the marketing and sales category. As René Zahnd, Swiss Prime Site's CEO, explains «In addition to the clear evidence of ambition I saw in all the participants, what I found most impressive was the enormous progress that all the groups have achieved since the competition began. In the course of the various rounds, I saw reticent and sometimes somewhat shy school students develop into budding entrepreneurs who are now both self-confident and goal-oriented.»

  Should you have any questions, please contact:
• Investor Relations, Markus Waeber

  Phone +41 58 317 17 64,markus.waeber@sps.swiss

• Media Relations, Mladen Tomic

Phone +41 58 317 17 42,mladen.tomic@sps.swiss

Swiss Prime Site is Switzerland's leading listed real estate company. The value of the Group's high-quality portfolio exceeds CHF 10 billion and comprises value-retaining properties in prime locations, most of which incorporate office and retail space. Swiss Prime Site Immobilien AG invests in first-class buildings and land. These activities, coupled with transformation and development projects encompassing entire large-scale sites, constitute Swiss Prime Site's core business. The principal property in the Group's real-estate-related business is Jelmoli - The House of Brands in Zurich, Switzerland's leading premium department store. The store's overall floorspace of 23 800 m2 is equally divided between Jelmoli formats and shop-in-shop concepts operated by third parties. As Switzerland's largest and most significant integrated real estate services provider, the Group's Wincasa division ideally complements Swiss Prime Site's core business. Wincasa's innovative service offering covers the entire property life cycle. The value of its assets under management is approximately CHF 64 billion. Tertianum, Switzerland's leading service provider in the expanding assisted living for seniors field, further complements Swiss Prime Site's business portfolio. At its more than 70 residential and care centres, Tertianum's mission is to provide high-quality living accommodation which combines the autonomy senior residents want with the individual services, security, care and support they need. In 2017, the Group established Swiss Prime Site Solutions, an asset management company focusing on the real estate sector. This business field develops tailor made service solutions and investment products for third-party clients.

Swiss Prime Site is notable for its experienced management team, its high level of earnings continuity and its excellent risk/return profile. The company has been listed on SIX Swiss Exchange since 2000 and has a market capitalisation of some CHF 6 billion.

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