Switzerland

On September 29, 2025, UBS Group AG successfully completed its offering of AUD 1.25 bn in aggregate principal amount of 6.375 per cent. Tier 1 Capital Notes. The Notes are "high trigger" regulatory capital instruments that are eligible to fulfill UBS Group AG’s Swiss going concern requirements. Upon occurrence of a "Trigger Event" or a "Viability Event", the Notes will be converted into ordinary shares of UBS Group AG in accordance with their terms. The Notes are governed by Swiss law and have been admitted to trading and are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The Homburger team was led by Benedikt Maurenbrecher and Stefan Kramer (both Capital Markets) and included Lee Saladino and Olivier Baum (both Capital Markets) as well as Stefan Oesterhelt (Tax).

Gimv and EGS Beteiligungen AG reinforce their strategic support for SpineArt SAthrough the participation in a CHF 25 million capital increase. SpineArt SA is a global medtech innovator specialising in innovative solutions for spinal surgery. Bär & Karrer acted as legal advisor to Gimv in this transaction. The team of Bär & Karrer was led by Christoph Neeracher and Luca Jagmetti and further included Ronny Schmid, Aurèle Bertrand and Silvio Halter (all M&A), Susanne Schreiber and Martin Leu (both tax) as well as Lukas Roesler (financing). For further information please contact: Media Relations, Eric Stupp Tel: +41 58 261 50 00 Email: [email protected]

On September 29, 2025, Landis+Gyr Group AG, a leading global provider of integrated energy management solutions, announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to divest its operations in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region to AURELIUS, a global private equity investor, for an enterprise value of USD 215 m. The transaction encompasses the full metering portfolio for residential electricity, ICG electricity, gas, thermal, water, as well as the related integrated solutions for software and services. The divestment includes five production sites across the region and involves a workforce of approximately 2,700 employees. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and other closing conditions, and is expected to close in Q2 2026. The Homburger team is led by Daniel Hasler (Corporate / M&A) and includes Anna Peter, Patrick Schmidt, Nicola Togni, Carlo Sulser, Filip Lapadatovic and Fabio Gasser (all Corporate / M&A), Gregor Bühler, Philippe Baumann, Joel Fink and Kristina Martinovic (all IP / IT), Reto Heuberger, Philippe Weber and Juliette Buob (all Tax), Peter Müller (Pension), Richard Stäuber (Competition), as well as Jürg Frick and Stefan Bindschedler (both Financing). Contact Johanna Schmid / Marketing / [email protected]

On August 29, 2025, September 17, 2025 and September 30, 2025, respectively, 21Shares AG, a leading global issuer of crypto exchange traded products (ETPs), successfully issued and listed three new series of crypto-linked ETPs on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The first series, 21Shares Hyperliquid ETP (HYPE), has Hyperliquid (HYPE) as underlying, the native token of Hyperliquid, a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain featuring a fully on-chain order book perpetuals exchange. The second series, 21Shares Raydium ETP (ARAY) tracks the performance of Raydium (RAY), the native utility token of an automated market maker and liquidity provider Raydium built on the Solana blockchain for the Serum decentralized exchange, that is used for staking to earn protocol fees, staking to receive IDO allocations and governance votes on protocol decisions. The third series, 21Shares Jupiter ETP (AJUP) is linked to Jupiter (JUP), the native cryptocurrency of the decentralized exchange aggregator and decentralized finance platform on the Solana blockchain Jupiter. All of these ETPs are traded in the trading currencies USD and EUR. Further, on August 12, 2025, and September 16, 2025 21Shares AG successfully cross-listed three existing series of crypto-linked ETPs on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The first series, the 21Shares XDC Network ETP (XDCN), tracks the performance of XDC Network (XDC), the cryptocurrency that serves as the native utility token powering the XDC Network, a blockchain developed to support trade finance and the tokenization of real-world assets. The second series, the 21Shares Sui Staking ETP (ASUI), has Sui (SUI) as underlying, a native token of Sui network, a Layer 1 blockchain optimizing for low-latency blockchain transfers. The last series, the 21Shares Chainlink ETP (LINK), is linked to the performance of Chainlink (LINK), the cryptocurrency of Chainlink (LINK), the decentralized oracle network that connects smart contracts with off-chain data and services. These ETPs are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange in the trading currency USD. Homburger acted as Swiss legal counsel to 21Shares AG. The Homburger team was led by Benjamin Leisinger and included Sofiya Shavlak (both Capital Markets).