Sirs and Madams,

Dear Colleagues,

As I already said last week, we are facing a very serious situation. In order to protect you, your families, and your loved ones, but also to limit the risks of spreading the Coronavirus as much as possible, we have decided to close our production sites in Geneva, Bienne, and Crissier from March 17 at 5:00 PM through Friday, March 27, 2020. That date may of course be pushed back according to the evolution of the epidemic.

Certain services will have to remain open for imperative operational functions. Your managers will give you more details on this subject.

From now on, we ask you to respect the measures of confinement issued by our authorities in Switzerland and in France to the letter .

I am certain that this is just a difficult period and if together, we all adopt good behavior, that we will contribute to and participate in the stabilization of the situation, and that will allow us to get back to work in total safety as soon as possible.

Thank you for respecting the instructions of your managers in order to carry out this closing under good conditions.

Best of luck for the days to come, take care of yourselves!

Kind regards,

Jean-Frederic Dufour

Geneva, 16 March 2020