Rothschild & Co — Board/Management Information 2016

Jun 14, 2016

Press Release

Paris, 14 June 2016

Rothschild & Co Lord Leach of Fairford

Rothschild & Co learnt with great sadness of the death of Lord Leach of Fairford on 12th June 2016 after a short illness. Lord Leach joined Rothschild in 1963 and became a partner in 1968 when he was appointed joint head of corporate finance. He stayed with the firm for more than a decade returning in 2006 as a non-Executive director of Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG. Following the Group's reorganisation in June 2012 he was appointed a member of the Supervisory Board.

Eric de Rothschild, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and David de Rothschild, Chairman of the Company's Managing Partner, joined to say, "We were extremely sad to learn of Rodney's death. Throughout his time with Rothschild, but particularly as a non-Executive director, Rodney made a significant contribution to our discussions and we benefited immensely from his experience and his wise counsel. We are deeply saddened by Rodney's death and it goes without saying that he will be greatly missed."

About Rothschild & Co

Rothschild & Co 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.

Rothschild & Co 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. Rothschild & Co is listed on Euronext in Paris, Compartment A - ISIN Code: FR0000031684. Rothschild & Co share is PEA-PME eligible

Rothschild & Co contact	Press contact
Investor Relations	France
Marie-Laure Becquart	DGM Conseil +33 1 40 70 11 89
marie-laure.becquart@rothschild.com	Michel Calzaroni - m.calza@dgm-conseil.fr
Tél. : +33 (0)1 53 77 65 10	Olivier Labesse- labesse@dgm-conseil.fr
Communication	United Kingdom
Caroline Nico	Smithfield +44 20 7360 4900
Caroline.nico@rothschild.com	John Kiely - jkiely@smithfieldgroup.com
Tél. : +33 (0)1 53 77 65 10	Alex Simmons - asimmons@smithfieldgroup.com

For more information, please visit Group' websites: www.rothschildandco.com,