Credit Suisse today announced that it has reached an agreement on a consent decree with the Swiss Federal Banking Commission (SFBC) regarding future capital targets and leverage requirements. Consistent with these requirements, Credit Suisse has raised a total of approximately net CHF 10 billion by the sale of Credit Suisse Group treasury shares, by issuing new Credit Suisse Group shares through mandatory convertible bonds and by issuing non-dilutive hybrid tier 1 capital. Supplementing its already strong capital position will allow Credit Suisse to continue building its client franchise and taking advantage of targeted growth opportunities.

The fully committed capital increase comprises the immediate sale of approximately 93 million treasury shares totaling approximately CHF 3.2 billion; approximately 50 million shares issued through mandatory convertible bonds totaling CHF 1.7 billion and net CHF 5.5 billion of hybrid tier 1 capital. All of these tranches will be settled by October 22, 2008. Together, these measures will increase tier 1 capital by the net proceeds of approximately CHF 10 billion and the tier 1 ratio as of September 30, 2008, on a pro-forma basis, to approximately 13.7%. As of the end of the third quarter, the tier 1 ratio was approximately 10.4%. With this capital increase, Credit Suisse now already exceeds the SFBC's 2013 capital targets and minimum leverage requirements. Credit Suisse is providing financing for an interim period for a portion of these investments.

The treasury shares and shares to be issued through the mandatory convertible bonds will represent approximately 12% of the ordinary shares outstanding. The mandatory convertible bonds will convert within a year. Certain of these securities are subject to a one-year lock-up and provide for the issuance of additional securities in certain circumstances. The hybrid will be perpetual and subordinated and will have an annual dividend of 11% on the USD denominated securities and 10% on the CHF denominated securities and generally will be callable beginning in five years. The equity and convertible securities issued were priced last weekend off the closing Credit Suisse Group share price on Friday October 10, 2008.

In view of current market and economic conditions and the importance of unquestioned capital strength, Credit Suisse has ended the remainder of the share buyback program approved at the Annual General Meeting in 2007 and is accruing only a nominal annual dividend as of the end of the third quarter. The terms of the agreement with the SFBC on capital targets and minimum leverage requirements do not constrain the ability of Credit Suisse to buy back shares or to pay dividends in future.

Brady W. Dougan, Chief Executive Officer, said: "Over the past few months we have had a constructive and close dialog with regulators about future capital requirements. We are very pleased to have reached a solution that further strengthens our capital base and ensures our competitive position. Credit Suisse is very strongly capitalized and these measures mean that we immediately exceed the revised regulatory requirement for 2013. This positions us ideally to take advantage of opportunities for further growth in our targeted businesses. I am delighted that our close relationships with a number of strategic investors, who have confidence in our clear strategy and solid business model, have enabled us to raise the necessary capital."

He continued: "We very much welcome the measures announced by the Swiss authorities today, which apply to the Swiss banking system, including Credit Suisse. These are important for Switzerland's financial institutions. With regard to the longer-term financing structure and the associated capital investment, given the relatively low level of affected assets in its portfolio and its good access to capital markets, Credit Suisse has decided not to participate at this time."

On the performance in the third quarter, he said: "The financial services sector witnessed unprecedented market disruption in September and extraordinary changes to the competitive landscape. These events led to a very difficult operating environment, particularly in investment banking. Our investment bank was impacted by the volatile conditions and the result reflects further writedowns in our leveraged finance and structured products businesses and other losses resulting from the exceptionally adverse trading conditions in September. We expect to announce an overall net loss of approximately CHF 1.3 billion for Credit Suisse in the third quarter. While understandable in the context of a difficult market environment, this result is clearly disappointing."

"We remain firmly committed to our strategy. We will continue to invest in our Private Banking business and aggressively transform our Investment Banking business, reducing our overall risk and diversifying our revenue streams. We will also manage our business in a disciplined, conservative manner, with a view to maintaining our exceptional capital strength and capitalizing on growth opportunities."

Private Banking expects to announce a strong operating performance in the third quarter; however, pre-tax profit of approximately CHF 800 million was impacted by provisions totaling approximately CHF 300 million for auction rate securities. The strong inflow in Private Banking of net new assets amounting to approximately CHF 14 billion, of which CHF 11 billion was in Wealth Management and CHF 3 billion in the Swiss Corporate & Retail Banking business, underscores the trust that clients place in Credit Suisse. Asset Management expects to announce a pre-tax loss of approximately CHF 50 million.

Investment Banking expects to announce a pre-tax loss of approximately CHF 3.2 billion, reflecting writedowns of approximately CHF 2.4 billion in the leveraged finance and structured products businesses as well as exceptionally adverse trading conditions in September. This result benefited from approximately CHF 1.9 billion of fair value gains on Credit Suisse own debt. Positions in leveraged finance and structured products continued to be reduced in the quarter. While trading positions in many areas of Investment Banking were negatively impacted, there was good client activity across a number of businesses, including global rates, foreign exchange, equity derivatives, electronic trading and prime services, with the latter benefiting from substantial new balances.

Credit Suisse remains solidly positioned with a proven business model, a conservative funding structure, a sound liquidity position and one of the strongest capital bases of any global bank.

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