EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Leonteq AG / Key word(s): Rating 
Leonteq AG: Fitch affirms Leonteqs investment grade rating 
 
25-Nov-2020 / 07:00 CET/CEST 
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR 
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 
 
*PRESS RELEASE* | FITCH AFFIRMS LEONTEQ'S INVESTMENT GRADE RATING 
 
Zurich, 25 November 2020 
 
*Leonteq AG (SIX: LEON) announced today that Fitch affirms Leonteq's 
investment grade rating at "BBB-" with a Stable outlook.* 
 
The rating agency Fitch Ratings Ltd. has affirmed the long-term issuer 
default rating (IDR) of "BBB-" for Leonteq AG, Leonteq Securities AG and 
Leonteq Securities AG (Guernsey Branch) with a Stable outlook. 
 
According to Fitch, the affirmation of the long-term IDRs assigned to 
Leonteq reflect its adequate and improving capitalisation, moderate and 
well-managed credit risk exposure, sound risk management systems, solid 
liquidity management as well as its sophisticated and scalable structured 
products issuance platform. Fitch additionally states that the IDRs also 
reflect Leonteq's narrow but well-developing franchise, some earnings 
volatility as evidenced during the initial stages of the pandemic-related 
market volatility and exposure to concentration risk (albeit decreasing), in 
particular with regard to a fairly small number of structured product 
issuance partners. 
 
The Stable outlook reflects Fitch's expectation that Leonteq's performance 
in 2021 will revert to (or close to) prepandemic levels and that management 
will make further progress in executing its medium-term strategy, in 
particular increasing operational scale and further improving business 
diversification, increasing volumes on its recently introduced Smart Hedging 
Issuance Platform (SHIP), which will improve capital efficiency, and further 
strengthening of the group's capitalisation. 
 
Further information can be found at: www.fitchratings.com [1]. 
 
CONTACT 
*Media Relations * 
+41 58 800 1844 
media@leonteq.com 
 
*Investor Relations * 
+41 58 800 1855 
investorrelations@leonteq.com 
 
LEONTEQ 
Leonteq is a Swiss company active in the finance and technology sector with 
a focus on the structured products segment. Based on proprietary modern 
technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services 
and predominantly covers the capital protection, yield enhancement and 
participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its 
own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq 
further enables life insurance companies to produce capital-efficient, 
unit-linked pension products with guarantees. The company has offices and 
subsidiaries in 11 countries, through which it serves over 50 markets. 
Leonteq AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. 
*www.leonteq.com* 
 
DISCLAIMER 
This press release issued by Leonteq AG (the "Company") serves for 
information purposes only and does not constitute research. This press 
release and all materials, documents and information used therein or 
distributed in the context of this press release do not constitute or form 
part of and should not be construed as, an offer (public or private) to sell 
or a solicitation of offers (public or private) to purchase or subscribe for 
shares or other securities of the Company or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries in any jurisdiction or an inducement to enter into investment 
activity in any jurisdiction, and may not be used for such purposes. Copies 
of this press release may not be made available (directly or indirectly) to 
any person in relation to whom the making available of the press release is 
restricted or prohibited by law or sent to countries, or distributed in or 
from countries, to, in or from which this is restricted or prohibited by 
law. 
 
This press release may contain specific forward-looking statements, e.g. 
statements including terms like "believe", "assume", "expect", "target" 
"forecast", "project", "may", "could", "might", "will" or similar 
expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and 
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may result in a 
substantial divergence between the actual results, financial situation, 
development or performance of the Company or any of its affiliates or 
subsidiaries and those explicitly or implicitly presumed in these 
statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) general 
market, macroeconomic, governmental and regulatory trends, (2) movements in 
securities markets, exchange rates and interest rates and (3) other risks 
and uncertainties inherent in our business. In addition, currently, it is 
very difficult to provide a meaningful prediction on how the governmental 
actions in response to the ongoing outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease 
(COVID-19) and other COVID-19 related factors will affect Leonteq's 
operations and how long such measures will remain in place. The COVID-19 
outbreak has caused, and may continue to cause, uncertainty, economic 
instability and a significant decrease of total economic output in the 
affected areas and globally. The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the 
general economic environment in the markets in which Leonteq operates remain 
uncertain and could be significant. Against the background of these 
uncertainties, you should not rely on forward-looking statements. Neither 
the Company nor any of its affiliates or subsidiaries or their respective 
bodies, executives, employees and advisers assume any responsibility to 
prepare or disseminate any supplement, amendment, update or revision to any 
of the information, opinions or forward-looking statements contained in this 
press release or to adapt them to any change in events, conditions or 
circumstances, except as required by applicable law or regulation. 
 
End of ad hoc announcement 
1150278 25-Nov-2020 CET/CEST 
 
 
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