BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD OF CREDIT SUISSE GROUP

Board of Directors

Rainer E. Gut, Chairman 1, 2, 3

Peter Sp−lti, First Vice-Chairman 1

Robert L. Genillard, Vice-Chairman 1, 2, 3

Ulrich Albers 5

Thomas W. Bechtler 1, 3

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe Ulrich Bremi 1, 2

Marc-Henri Chaudet 1

Gerald Clark Arthur Dunkel 3

Adolf Gugler 3

John M. Hennessy Heini Lippuner 1

Thomas Schmidheiny 3

Vreni Spoerry 3

Aziz D. Syriani 4

Theodor M. TschoppDaniel L. Vasella

1 Member of the ChairmanÕsCommittee

2 Member of the CompensationCommittee

3 Subject to re-election at theAnnual General Meeting on 29 May 1998

4 Subject to election at theAnnual General Meeting on 29 May 1998

5 Until 29 May 1998

Independent Auditors

KPMG Klynveld PeatMarwick Goerdeler SA,Zurich

Rainer E. Gut

Born 1932. Chairman of theBoards of Directors of CreditSuisse Group, Credit Suisseand Credit Suisse First Boston.

With the Annual General Meeting on 29 May 1998 Ulrich Albers will reach the age limit for membership of the Board of Directors and will therefore be stepping down from this body. Mr Albers has been closely linked with Credit Suisse Group for more than 30 years: from 1967 to 1997 he was a Member of the Board ofDirectors of the former Credit Suisse, and since 1989 he has also sat on the Board of Directors of CS Holding,now Credit Suisse Group. The Board of Directors andExecutive Board of Credit Suisse Group would like to extendtheir thanks to Mr Albers for his valuable services and hisconsiderable contribution to the success of the Group.

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Lukas MühlemannBorn 1950. Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Credit Suisse Group.

Richard E. ThornburghBorn 1952. Chief FinancialOfficer of Credit Suisse Group.

Paul MeierBorn 1945. Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Credit Suisse.

Oswald J. GrübelBorn 1943. Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Credit Suisse PrivateBanking.

Hans-Ulrich Doerig Born 1940. Vice Chairman ofthe Executive Board and ChiefRisk Officer of Credit SuisseGroup.

Allen D. WheatBorn 1948. Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Credit Suisse FirstBoston.

Phillip M. ColebatchBorn 1944. Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Credit Suisse Asset Management.

Thomas WellauerBorn 1955. Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Winterthur Group.

Executive Board

Senior Executives, Corporate CentreAhmad Abu El-Ata, TechnologyKurt Arnold, TaxPeter Bachmann, AccountingPeter Derendinger, General CounselRolf Dörig, Chief of Staff and

Chief Communication OfficerAlfred Gremli, AdvisoryTobias Guldimann, Risk Management Urs Hänni, AuditPhilip Hess, Corporate SecretaryJean-Pierre Huwyler, SecurityEugen Schmid, Human Resources

Changes in the Executive BoardIn March 1998, Klaus Jenny, formerly Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse PrivateBanking, decided to pursue other activities outside Credit Suisse Group. He took thisstep on friendly terms with Credit Suisse Group. The Board of Directors would like toexpress their sincere gratitude to Mr Jenny, who had been with Credit Suisse since1972, for his highly valuable services and his substantial personal commitment.

Oswald J. Grübel, previously responsible for global trading at Credit Suisse First Boston,was appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Private Banking.

On 1 January 1998 Hans-Ulrich Doerig assumed the function of Chief Risk Officer ofCredit Suisse Group. At the same time, he was appointed Vice Chairman of theExecutive Board. Up until this date, Mr Doerig held the position of Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Credit Suisse First Boston, responsible primarily for the integration of CS FirstBoston, Credit Suisse Financial Products and the corporate and trading operations ofthe former Credit Suisse into Credit Suisse First Boston.

Allen D. Wheat, formerly Chief Operating Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston, wasappointed new Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston.

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BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSE AND CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTONEXECUTIVE BOARDS OF THE BUSINESS UNITS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSERainer E. Gut, Chairman 1, 2

Robert L. Genillard, Vice-Chairman 1, 2

Richard Andermatt, Vice-Chairman 3

Thomas W. Bechtler 1

Truls D. Berg 3

Ulrich Bremi 1, 2

Martin CandrianMarc-Henri Chaudet 1

Jean-Daniel Cornaz 3

Gianfranco CottiHugo von der Crone 3

Melchior EhrlerRiccardo Gullotti 3

Urs LaufferHeini Lippuner 1

Rosmarie Michel 3

Lukas Mühlemann 1

Erich MüllerPeter Spälti 1

Gaudenz Staehelin 3

Hans-Peter ZehnderRoland Zimmerli

INDEPENDENT AUDITORSKPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA, Zurich

1 Member of the Chairman’s Committee

2 Member of the Compensation Committee

3 Member of the Audit Committee

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTONRainer E. Gut, Chairman 1, 2

Robert L. Genillard, Vice-Chairman 1, 2

Franz AlbersThomas W. Bechtler 1

Ulrich Bremi 1, 2, 3

Marc-Henri Chaudet 1

Mario A. CortiMichael Hilti 3

Klaus Jacobi 3

Andreas W. Keller Andreas N. Koopmann 3

Heini Lippuner 1

Lukas Mühlemann 1, 2

Peter Spälti 1

Aziz D. Syriani 4

Ernst Tanner

INDEPENDENT AUDITORSKPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA, Zurich

1 Member of the Chairman’s Committee

2 Member of the Compensation Committee

3 Member of the Audit Committee

4 Until 29 May 1998

CREDIT SUISSE EXECUTIVE BOARD

Paul Meier, Chief Executive Officer

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

CREDIT SUISSE PRIVATEBANKING EXECUTIVEBOARD

Oswald J. Grübel, Chief Executive Officer

Christoph AmmannPeter BretscherReto CallegariReto DonatschAldo B. LeoniHeinz RothJörg H. SchwarzenbachRuedi StalderOlivier SteimerSergio Zoppi

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON EXECUTIVEBOARD

Allen D. Wheat, Chief Executive Officer

Brady W. DouganChristopher A. Goekjian Stephen A.M. Hester Marc H. HotimskyDavid C. MulfordStephen E. StonefieldFranz von MeyenburgCharles G. Ward III

CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MANAGEMENTEXECUTIVE BOARD

Phillip M. Colebatch, Chief Executive Officer

Heinz HofmannPhilip K. RyanHeinrich WegmannToshio Fukuda 1

Andrew McKinnon 1

Robert J. Moore 1

Robert Parker 1

William W. Priest, Jr. 1

Dilip Rasgotra 1

William Sterling 1

Timothy T. Taussig 1

Edgar Weissenberger 1

1 Member of the OperatingCommittee

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFWINTERTHUR INSURANCE AND WINTERTHUR LIFE Peter Spälti, Chairman 1,2

Heini Lippuner, Vice Chairman 1

Pierre Borgeaud 1

Marc-Henri Chaudet 1,2

Lukas Mühlemann 1

Urs Bühler 2

Michael HiltiKlaus Jacobi 2

Alexandre F. JetzerMartin KohlhaussenHedi Lang 2

HONORARY CHAIRMANHans Braunschweiler

INDEPENDENT AUDITORSRevisuisse Price Waterhouse AG, Zurich

1 Board Committee

2 Subject to re-election at the Annual General Meeting on 28 May 1998

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WINTERTHURWINTERTHUR GROUP EXECUTIVE BOARD

WINTERTHUR GROUPEXECUTIVE BOARD

Thomas Wellauer, Chief Executive Officer

Herman AaftinkManfred BroskaGerhard ChristenMarkus DennlerHansjörg FreiErwin W. HeriBruno MeyenhoferHans-Rudolf StricklerWilli SuterHans Frey1

Michael Köhler1

1 Member of the Extended Executive Board

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LOCATIONS ON WORLD MAP

CREDIT SUISSEGROUPHeadquarters in Zurich

CREDIT SUISSE244 locations inSwitzerland

CREDIT SUISSEPRIVATE BANKING50 locations inSwitzerlandAbu DhabiBarcelonaBerlinBogotaBuenos AiresCairoCaracasDubaiFrankfurtGibraltarGuernseyHong KongHoustonKuala LumpurLondonLos AngelesLuxembourgMadridManamaMelbourneMexico CityMiamiMilanMonte CarloMontevideoMontrealMunichNassauNew YorkParisRio de JaneiroSan FranciscoSantiago de ChileSão PaoloSingaporeTokyoTorontoVancouverVienna

CREDIT SUISSEFIRST BOSTONSwitzerland (Geneva,Zug, Zurich)Amsterdam

AtlantaAucklandBangkokBeijingBostonBrusselsBudapestBuenos AiresCairoChicagoFrankfurtGuernseyHelsinkiHong KongHoustonJakartaJohannesburgKievKuala LumpurLabuanLimassolLondonLos AngelesLuxembourgMadridManilaMelbourneMexico CityMilanMontrealMoscowMumbai (formerlyBombay)NassauNew YorkOsakaPalo AltoParisPhiladelphiaPortlandPragueSan FranciscoSantiago de ChileSão PauloSeoulShanghaiSingaporeSydneyTaipeiTashkentTehranTokyoTorontoViennaWarsawWellington

CREDIT SUISSEASSETMANAGEMENT7 locations inSwitzerlandBudapestFrankfurtLondonLuxembourgMilanMoscowNew YorkParisPragueSydneyTokyoWarsaw

WINTERTHUR694 locations inSwitzerland– 14 regional

managements– 160 general agencies– 520 agenciesAmsterdamBarcelonaBasingstokeBeijingBellevueBermudaBonnBrnoBromleyBruneiBrusselsBudapestBuenos AiresCayman IslandsChicagoCopenhagen

DallasDublinGuangzhouHamburgHong KongJakartaJohannesburgLisbonLondonLuxembourgLyonMadridMexico CityMilanMontgomeryMunichNew YorkNingboParisPragueSão PaoloShanghaiSimsburySingaporeStockholmSun PrairieSydneyTaipeiTianjinTokyoTorontoViennaWarsawWiesbaden

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RATINGS

Agencies Credit Suisse Group Credit Suisse Credit Suisse First Boston Winterthur

Long term Short term Long term Short term Long term Short term

Moody’s, New York A1 – Aa3 P1 Aa3 P1 Aa2

Standard & Poor’s, New York AA– A1+ AA– A1+ AA A1+ AA–

Fitch IBCA, London AA– F1+ AA– F1+ AA F1+

BankWatch, New York AA TBW1 AA+ TBW1 AA+ TBW1

Credit Suisse Financial Products carries the same ratings as Credit Suisse First Boston.

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 – 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

Swiss security number 146248ISIN number CH0001462487CUSIP number 225 401 108

Enquiries

CREDIT SUISSE GROUP

Investor Relations

Gerhard Beindorff

Tel: + 41 1 333 45 70

Fax: + 41 1 333 25 87

Mailing address: P.O. Box 1, CH-8070 Zurich, Switzerland

Internet: http://www.csg.ch

Annual reports may be ordered from

CREDIT SUISSE

Dept. CIDM 23

P.O. Box 100

CH-8070 Zurich

Switzerland

Fax: + 41 1 332 72 94

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PhotographyCharlie Westerman, ChicagoIris C. Ritter, Zurich

ProductionNeidhart + Schön AG, Zurich

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