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Rapid Nutrition ("RAP") starts trading today on the SIX Swiss Exchange

London, March 29, 2017. Rapid Nutrition PLC (SIX: RAP), the international organic healthcare company, announced today that the company's shares will start trading as of today on the SIX Swiss Exchange ("SIX") under the ticker symbol "RAP". The trading start follows the approval for listing and trading which was granted by the SIX Exchange Regulation.
 
The company's shares will trade in EUR and the initial trading price has been set at EUR 2.29 which is approximately CHF 2.45 or AUD 3.26 per share. This initial price translates to a market capitalization based on the listed shares of approximately EUR 53 million and CHF 57 million, respectively.
Application for inclusion of the Rapid Nutrition shares (SIX: RAP) in the Swiss Performance Index (SPI(R)) will be made.

Rapid Nutrition's listing at the SIX Swiss Exchange should permit investors a better stock performance comparison with other renowned global brands and market leaders and offers the potential of an adequate valuation of Rapid Nutrition with a stronger opportunity to raise capital for global expansion plans. The listing at SIX also ensures that Rapid Nutrition will be traded at what the exchange considers to be the most prominent stock market in the Life Sciences sector in Europe.

"We genuinely appreciate our investors' support, dedication and patience throughout this successful process of getting re-listed and we are convinced to have selected the ideal European exchange to bolster Rapid Nutrition's profile, investment case and success across the globe," commented Simon St. Ledger, Managing Director of Rapid Nutrition.

Copies of the Listing Memorandum are available free of charge at the offices of Rapid Nutrition at 2nd Floor, 145-157 St. John Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1V 4PW (phone: +61 7 3200 4222; fax: +61 7 3200 4288; mail: info@rnplc.com) during regular business hours. The Listing Memorandum is the only authoritative source of information on the listing of the company's shares.

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Listing	SIX Swiss Exchange (International Reporting Standard)
Ticker symbol	RAP
Swiss security number	24217339
ISIN	GB00BLG2TX24
Initial trading price	EUR 2.29 per share
Number of shares	23'265'104 ordinary shares with nominal value of GBP 1.00 per share
Initial market capitalization based on initial trading price	ca. EUR 53.3 million; ca. CHF 57.0 million

 
About Rapid Nutrition PLC
Rapid Nutrition is a natural healthcare company focused on the research, development and production of a range of life science products. The company was established based on its weight loss supplement range which is exported worldwide and offers consumers a growing range of health and well-being solutions to meet existing and emerging societal health concerns, as well as a providing a number of wider services to the life sciences industry.

For more information, please visit www.rnplc.com.
 
For further details, please contact:
Simon St. Ledger, Managing Director
Rapid Nutrition PLC
sas@rnplc.com 
Phone: +61 7 3200 4222
 
Andrés Luther, Media Relations
andres@rnplc.com;   andres.luther@konsulenten.ch
Phone: +41 43 344 4242
 
Thomas Schneckenburger, Investor Relations
thomas@rnplc.com;   thomas.schneckenburger@konsulenten.ch
Phone: +41 43 344 4242


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