In addition to Rainer E. Gut, Peter Spälti, Vice-Chairman, and Heini

Lippuner will also step down from Credit Suisse Group’s Board of

Directors on the occasion of the Annual General Meeting held on

26 May 2000.

Dr. Spälti’s career at Winterthur Insurance began in 1958. He

held various posts before his appointment as General Manager and

Member of the Executive Board in 1978. Between 1983 and 1989 he

was Managing Director and between 1989 and 1997 he acted simul-

taneously as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of

Directors. He also found time for a political career, culminating from

1983 to 1991 with his membership of the Swiss National Council.

When Winterthur Insurance merged with Credit Suisse Group, Peter

Spälti joined the Credit Suisse Group Board of Directors as Vice-

Chairman.

Under Peter Spälti’s management, Winterthur developed into

one of the world’s leading insurance companies. For the last three

years, the Board of Directors and Executive Board of Credit Suisse

Group have also been able to benefit from his experience and would

like to express their sincerest gratitude for his service.

Heini Lippuner has been a member of the Board of Directors of

Credit Suisse Group since 1993. He served on the Chairman’s Com-

mittee of the former Credit Suisse (SKA) from 1994, and of Credit

Suisse Group from 1996. In 1999 he was a member of the Audit

Committees of Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse First Boston.

The Board of Directors and the Executive Board of Credit

Suisse Group would like to express their gratitude to Heini Lippuner for

his commitment to the good of our company. He remains a Member of

the Board of Directors of Winterthur and joins the Swiss Advisory

Board of Credit Suisse Group.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSE GROUP

Rainer E. Gut

Born 1932. Chairman ofthe Boards of Directors ofCredit Suisse Group,Credit Suisse and CreditSuisse First Boston.

Board of Directors

Rainer E. Gut, Chairman 1, 2, 3, 5

Lukas Mühlemann, Chairman 1, 2, 4

Peter Spälti, Vice-Chairman 1, 2, 3

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Vice Chairman 1, 2

Thomas W. Bechtler 1

Philippe BruggisserMarc-Henri Chaudet 1

Gerald Clark Arthur Dunkel John M. Hennessy Walter B. Kielholz 1

Heini Lippuner 1, 3

Lionel I. PincusThomas Schmidheiny Vreni Spoerry Aziz D. SyrianiDaniel L. Vasella

Corporate Secretary:Pierre Schreiber 1 Member of the Chairman’s

Committee2 Member of the Compensation

Committee3 Retires at the Annual General Meeting

on 26 May 20004 Subject to election at the Annual

General Meeting on 26 May 20005 Honorary Chairman of the Board of

Directors (as of 26 May 2000)

Independent AuditorsKPMG Klynveld Peat MarwickGoerdeler SA, Zurich

Retirement of Rainer E. Gut

On the occasion of the Annual General Meeting, held on 26 May 2000, Rainer E. Gut is to retire from his post asChairman of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group.

Rainer E. Gut joined our Group in 1971 as Chairmanand CEO of the Swiss American Corporation, New York. In1973 he was appointed to the Executive Board of the formerCredit Suisse (SKA), becoming spokesman in 1977. He wenton to become the President of the Executive Board in 1982,before being elected to the position of Chairman of the Boardof Directors of the former Credit Suisse in 1983. Since thecreation of the holding structure in 1989, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group(previously CS Holding AG) and until 1996 President of theExecutive Board of CS Holding AG and Chairman of the Boardof Directors of SKA (former Credit Suisse) and CS FirstBoston Inc.

Rainer E. Gut has dedicated himself to our company foralmost 30 years. Under his aegis, our Group has developedinto a leading global financial services provider. It is thanks tohis initiative that our Group enjoys a strong position in globalinvestment banking and in bancassurance and that CreditSuisse Group recognised early on the great importance of astrong position in our home market, Switzerland.

The Board of Directors, the Executive Board and theemployees of Credit Suisse Group thank Rainer E. Gut forhis leadership. In recognition of his important contribution tothe Group, the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Grouphas decided to appoint Rainer E. Gut as its Honorary Chairman.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD OF CREDIT SUISSE GROUP

Changes in the Executive Board

After 33 years of service, Paul Meier, Member

of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group

and Chief Executive Officer of the Credit

Suisse business unit, stepped down at the end

of March 2000 for personal reasons. Paul

Meier occupied various functions within Credit

Suisse Group, including Member of the Execu-

tive Board of the former Schweizerische

Kreditanstalt and Chairman of the Executive

Board of Swiss Volksbank. From 1997 he was

responsible for the Group’s corporate and

individual customer business in Switzerland

which – under his management – succeeded

in returning to profit by means of systematic

restructuring and repositioning, particularly in

the area of e-commerce.

Paul Meier will retain his ties with Credit

Suisse Group as a Member of the Board of

Directors of Neue Aargauer Bank, Member of

the Swiss Advisory Board and other mandates.

The Board of Directors and the Executive

Board would like to express their sincere

gratitude to him for his many years of suc-

cessful commitment to the company and to

wish him all the best for the future.

Rolf Dörig, interim finance director of the

Swiss national exhibition (Expo.02) until the

end of January 2000 and former Chief of Staff

of Credit Suisse Group, has taken over from

Paul Meier as Chief Executive Officer of Credit

Suisse. Rolf Dörig also becomes a Member of

the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group.

Credit Suisse, Winterthur and the ‘Personal

Financial Services Europe’ initiative were com-

bined to form the new ‘Financial Services’

management division as of 1 April 2000.

Thomas Wellauer has assumed responsibility

for this management division in addition to his

function as Chief Executive Officer of

Winterthur and Head of ‘Personal Financial

Services Europe’.

Lukas Mühlemann

Born 1950. ChiefExecutive Officer of Credit Suisse Group.

Allen D. Wheat

Born 1948. ChiefExecutive Officer of CreditSuisse First Boston.

Oswald J. Grübel

Born 1943. ChiefExecutive Officer of CreditSuisse Private Banking.

Thomas Wellauer

Born 1955. Head of theFinancial Services man-agement division andChief Executive Officer ofWinterthur Group.

Hans-Ulrich Doerig

Born 1940. Vice-Chairmanof the Executive Board andChief Risk Officer of CreditSuisse Group.

Rolf Dörig

Born 1957. ChiefExecutive Officer of Credit Suisse.

Richard E. Thornburgh

Born 1952. Vice-Chairmanof the Executive Board ofCredit Suisse First Boston.

Phillip M. Colebatch

Born 1944. ChiefExecutive Officer ofCredit Suisse AssetManagement.

Philip K. Ryan

Born 1956. Chief FinancialOfficer of Credit SuisseGroup.

Senior Executives Corporate CentreAhmad Abu El-Ata, TechnologyKurt Arnold, TaxPeter Bachmann, Accounting/ReportingGerhard Beindorff, Investor RelationsDavid Frick, General CounselAlfred Gremli, AdvisoryTobias Guldimann, Risk Management

Urs Hänni, AuditPhilip Hess, Chief of StaffStefan Hilber, Accounting SystemsJean-Pierre Huwyler, SecurityUlrich Pfister, Public AffairsKarin Rhomberg, Group CommunicationsYuji Suzuki, Chairman Japan

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BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSE, CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON AND WINTERTHUR AND ADVISORY BOARDS OF CREDIT SUISSE GROUP

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSERainer E. Gut, Chairman 2, 4

Lukas Mühlemann, Chairman 2, 3

Peter Spälti, Vice-Chairman 2, 4

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Vice-Chairman 2

Thomas W. Bechtler 1

Marc-Henri Chaudet 1

Walter B. Kielholz 1

Heini Lippuner 1, 4

1 Member of the Audit Committee2 Member of the Compensation Committee3 From 9 March 20004 Until 9 March 2000

INDEPENDENT AUDITORSKPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA, Zurich

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFCREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTONRainer E. Gut, Chairman 2, 4

Lukas Mühlemann, Chairman 2, 3

Peter Spälti, Vice-Chairman 2, 4

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Vice-Chairman 2

Thomas W. Bechtler 1

Marc-Henri Chaudet 1

Walter B. Kielholz 1

Heini Lippuner 1, 4

1 Member of the Audit Committee2 Member of the Compensation Committee3 From 28 March 20004 Until 28 March 2000

INDEPENDENT AUDITORSKPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA, Zurich

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFWINTERTHUR INSURANCE ANDWINTERTHUR LIFEPeter Spälti, Chairman 1

Heini Lippuner, Vice-Chairman 1

Pierre Borgeaud 1

Urs Bühler Marc-Henri Chaudet 1

Michael HiltiKlaus JacobiAlexandre F. JetzerHedi Lang Lukas Mühlemann 1

HONORARY CHAIRMANDr. Hans Braunschweiler

1 Member of the Board Committee

INDEPENDENT AUDITORSPricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zürich 1

KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA, Zürich 2

1 Until 29 March 20002 From 29 March 2000

International Advisory Board

Flavio Cotti, ChairmanFranco BernabèKim Clark Mario A. CortiThierry DesmarestFritz Gerber Rainer E. Gut Michael Hilti Andreas W. KellerHelmut Kohl 1

Andreas N. Koopmann Jorge Paulo Lemann Lukas Mühlemann Agostino Rocca Manfred Schneider Ernst Tanner 1 Mandate suspended at his own

request

Advisory Board Switzerland

Ulrich Bremi, Chairman Urs Lauffer, Vice-ChairmanFranz Albers Truls D. Berg Susy Brüschweiler Martin Candrian Melchior Ehrler Brigitta M. Gadient Riccardo Gullotti Rainer E. Gut Urs Hammer André KudelskiHeini Lippuner 1

Paul Meier 1

Rosmarie MichelLukas Mühlemann Erich Müller Gaudenz Staehelin Hans-Peter Zehnder Roland Zimmerli 1 As of 28 April 2000

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EXECUTIVE BOARDS OF THE BUSINESS UNITS

CREDIT SUISSEEXECUTIVE BOARD

Rolf Dörig, Chief Executive Officer

Alfred M. BanzBruno BohlhalterBruno BonatiBeat M. FennerWalter FluckDominique FolletêteGerhard GastparFranz-Josef GrothHans Ueli KellerUlrich KörnerRolf KränzlinHanspeter KurzmeyerPeter LienhartBruno PfisterMartin Wetter

CREDIT SUISSE PRIVATE BANKINGEXECUTIVE BOARD

Oswald J. Grübel, Chief Executive Officer

Christoph AmmannThomas AmstutzPeter A. DerendingerReto DonatschAldo B. LeoniHeinz RothOlivier SteimerAlex W. WidmerAlexandre Zeller

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTONEXECUTIVE BOARD

Allen D. Wheat, Chief Executive Officer

Richard E. ThornburghVice-Chairman

Paul CalelloChristopher CarterBrady W. DouganChristopher A. Goekjian Stephen A.M. Hester David C. MulfordJohn NelsonStephen E. StonefieldCharles G. Ward III

CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENTEXECUTIVE BOARD

Phillip M. Colebatch, Chief Executive Officer

Toshio FukudaJoseph Gallagher Andrew McKinnon Robert Parker William W. Priest, Jr. Dilip RasgotraLaurence R. Smith Steen Steincke Timothy T. Taussig Heinrich WegmannEdgar Weissenberger

WINTERTHUR GROUPEXECUTIVE BOARD

Thomas Wellauer, Chief Executive Officer

Herman AaftinkGiovanni BagiottiManfred BroskaMarkus DennlerHansjörg FreiErwin W. HeriHans-Rudolf StricklerWilli Suter

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LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE

CREDIT SUISSEGROUPHeadquarters in Zurich

CREDIT SUISSE239 locations in Switzerland

CREDIT SUISSEPRIVATE BANKING51 locations in SwitzerlandAbu DhabiAthensBarcelonaBeirutBerlinBogotáBuenos AiresCairoCaracasDubaiFrankfurtGibraltarGuernseyHamburgHong KongHoustonIstanbulKuala LumpurLondonLuxembourgMadridMexico CityMiamiMilanMonacoMontevideoMunichNassauNew YorkParisRio de JaneiroSantiago de ChileSão PauloSingaporeTaipeiVienna

CREDIT SUISSEFIRST BOSTONSwitzerland (Geneva, Lugano, Zug,Zurich)AmsterdamAtlantaAucklandBaltimoreBangkok

BeijingBostonBudapestBuenos AiresCairoChicagoFrankfurtGuernseyHong KongHoustonIstanbulJakartaJohannesburgKievKuala LumpurLabuanLimassolLondonLos AngelesMadridManilaMelbourneMexico CityMilanMontrealMoscowMumbaiNassauNew YorkPalo AltoParisPhiladelphiaPragueSan FranciscoSão PauloSeoulShanghaiSingaporeSydneyTaipeiTashkentTokyoTorontoViennaWarsawWellington

CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENT7 locations in SwitzerlandBudapestFrankfurtGuernseyLondonLuxembourgMadridMilanMoscowNassauNew YorkParisPragueSão PauloSydneyTokyoWarsaw

WINTERTHUR634 locations in Switzerland– 6 branches– 8 regional

managements– 150 general agencies– 470 agenciesAmsterdamBarcelonaBasingstokeBeijingBellevueBerlinBostonBrnoBromleyBruneiBrusselsBudapestBuenos AiresChicagoCopenhagenDallasDusseldorf

FrankfurtGlostrupGuangzhouHamburgHamilton, BermudaHong KongJakartaJohannesburgLisbonLondonLos AngelesLuxembourgLyonMadridMexico CityMelbourneMilanMontgomeryMunichNew YorkNingboParisPragueQuebecSão PauloShanghaiSimsburySingaporeStockholmStuttgartSun PrairieSydneyTaipeiTianjinTokyoTorontoViennaWarsawWiesbaden

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INFORMATION FOR INVESTORS

Credit Suisse Group shares (CHF 20 par value)

Ticker symbols

Stock exchange listings Bloomberg Reuters TelekursSwiss Exchange (SWX) CSGN SW CSGZn.S CSGN,001 Frankfurt CSHN GR CSGZn.F 876800,13 Tokyo 8653JP CSGZn.T N1492,106

Also traded in

New York (ADR)* CSGKY US CSGKY.OB CSGKY,130London (SEAQ) CSG LI CSHZnq.LT C2,182Paris (OTC) CSHR FP CSHZ.PA 916190,25

*4 ADR = 1 registered share

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