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Cham Paper GroupPress ReleaseCham, 15 February 2012Social plan negotiations at Cham Paper Group: Social plan agreedThe employees at the Cham Paper Group affected by the loss of their jobs, approximately 200 innumber, will now benefit from a social plan. The negotiation partners approved and signed the socialplan on 14 th February 2012. This will be valid with retrospective effect as from 1 st January 2012 and willbenefit all employees who are given notice up to the end of 2013 due to the planned restructuring.In five rounds of negotiations, representatives of the company on the one side and representatives of theemployees on the other discussed the provisions of the social plan. The company employees’ representativesand representatives of the Trade Unions SPV Schweizerischer Papier- und Kartonarbeitnehmerverband[Swiss Paper and Card Employees’ Association], Syna and Unia, negotiated for theworkforce. The content of the plan was the subject of hard negotiations, but the talks were always conductedobjectively and the specified dates were always adhered to. Finally, all negotiation partners wereprepared to put their own interests in second place behind those of the dismissed employees, and towork out a meaningful social plan for them.Own job centre in the companyThe job centre set up in the company, which prepares and supports those affected by dismissal in thefuture search for jobs whilst they are still in employment, represents the core element of company support.All employees can use this service – without a time limit. The company’s own job centre will bemanaged by a neutral person and will work closely with the public bodies. Employees will be activelysupported right from the date they are given notice, by internal company position fixing courses and withpractical support in the process of applying for jobs. The support services will be adjusted to individualneeds and aim to assist every employee affected to achieve a seamless follow-on employment solution.This is one thing the social partners agree on: the best support is a new job.Cash benefits as wellAs well as actual support in looking for jobs, the social plan also provides for various financial benefits,such as payment of removal costs, financing of further training, balancing out wage differentials andseverance payments on a scale according to the number of years’ service. Older employees will receiveadditional benefits. From the age of 50 their period of notice will be extended by a further month. Employeesover the age of 55 will also have the opportunity to extend their contract of employment by anotherthree months if they have not yet found a new job after the end of their extended period of notice.This means that older employees will have an additional period of time, with pay, to devote to finding anew direction in their working life. Finally, the social plan provides for the option of early retirement fromthe age of 60. The generous financial benefits provided by the employer in the event of early retirementoffer employees of 60 and over a genuine alternative.End of negotiations and start of supportManagement at the Cham Paper Group is aware that the real work only begins after the end of the socialplan negotiations. Together with the job centre operators, the company undertakes actively to supportthose affected by the loss of their employment, so that they find a new job if at all possible duringThis communication may contain future oriented statements, e. g. information using the words “believes”, “assumes”, “anticipates” or formulations of asimilar kind. Such future oriented statements are subject to known risks, uncertainties and other factors which may lead to the company’s actual resultsdeviating considerably from those which are assumed expressly or implicitly in these statements. Against the background of these uncertainties,the reader should not rely on such future oriented statements. The company will not enter into any obligation to update such future oriented statementsor to adjust them to future events or developments.Cham Paper Group Holding AG, Fabrikstrasse, CH-6330 Cham, Tel. +41 41 785 33 33, Fax +41 41 785 31 59, www.cham-group.comThis media release appears in English and in German. The original German version is the legally binding version.

their period of notice. CPG Schweiz AG highly values the fact that both the employees’ representativesas well as the Trade Unions are assisting with supporting employees, so that those affected by the jobreductions are able to remain seamlessly in work.Questions and informationMedien- und IR-Stelle Cham Paper Group Holding AGc/o Dynamics GroupEdwin van der Geest / Philippe BlangeyE-Mail: media@cham-group.com and investor@cham-group.comTelephone: 043 268 32 32Arbeitnehmerverband (ANV) [Employees’ Association] Cham Paper GroupMarkus Husistein, ChairmanTelephone: 041 785 32 80Schweizerischer Papier- und Kartonarbeitnehmerverband SPV [Swiss Paper and Card Employees’ Association]Alfred Naef, ChairmanTelephone: 081 322 16 08 / 079 407 55 75Syna - die GewerkschaftFreddy Gisler, Regional Secretary Zug – InnerschwyzTelephone: 041 811 51 52UniaMattia Mandaglio, Industrial Secretary Unia ZugTelephone: 076 461 28 90Cham Paper GroupThe Cham Paper Group is a leading manufacturer of coated special papers. It supplies added value to its customersby functionalities that are based on surface finishes. The company, founded in 1657, develops and producesspecial papers in its three locations in Switzerland and in Italy, which have applications in the areas of consumergoods, industrial release and digital imaging. The area of consumer goods includes papers for flexible packagingand basic papers for label printing, which are used in the food, non-food, cigarettes, drinks and the pharmaceuticalindustries. The Cham Paper Group serves the area of industrial release with silicone based papers for releaseliners in graphic applications, for adhesive tapes and labels. For applications in industrial casting and laminationprocesses, it offers basic papers for process liners. The range is completed by facestock papers for the selfadhesiveindustry. The area of digital imaging, alongside large format inkjet papers for internal and external applications,also includes sublimation papers for digital textile printing. The Cham Paper Group benefits from the trendtowards sustainable products and is well established on the market thanks to its strength in technological innovation.It is listed as an independent company on the Swiss Stock Exchange SIX Swiss Exchange (stock exchangesymbol: CPGN).This communication may contain future oriented statements, e. g. information using the words “believes”, “assumes”, “anticipates” or formulations of asimilar kind. Such future oriented statements are subject to known risks, uncertainties and other factors which may lead to the company’s actual resultsdeviating considerably from those which are assumed expressly or implicitly in these statements. Against the background of these uncertainties,the reader should not rely on such future oriented statements. The company will not enter into any obligation to update such future oriented statementsor to adjust them to future events or developments.Cham Paper Group Holding AG, Fabrikstrasse, CH-6330 Cham, Tel. +41 41 785 33 33, Fax +41 41 785 31 59, www.cham-group.comThis media release appears in English and in German. The original German version is the legally binding version.