EX-99.1 3 dp63640_ex9901.htm EXHIBIT 99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

51 WEST 52ND STREET

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6142

 

February 22, 2016

 

Credit Suisse AG
Paradeplatz 8
CH 8001 Zurich, Switzerland

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special tax counsel to Credit Suisse AG, a corporation incorporated under the laws of Switzerland (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing of each pricing supplement or term sheet, as applicable, identified in Exhibit A attached hereto (each, a “Pricing Supplement”), to the underlying supplement and product supplement referenced therein, if applicable, to the prospectus supplement dated May 4, 2015 for the Company’s Senior Medium-Term Notes and Subordinated Medium-Term Notes relating to the prospectus dated May 4, 2015 contained in the Company’s Registration Statement (No. 333-202913) (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Section 601(b)(8) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).

 

In our opinion, the discussions under the headings “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in each Pricing Supplement and “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” or “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”, as applicable, in each related product supplement, subject to the conditions and limitations described therein, set forth the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable generally to holders of the securities offered pursuant to each Pricing Supplement as a result of the ownership and disposition of such securities.

 

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to us in each Pricing Supplement and related product supplement. By such consent we do not concede that we are an “expert” for the purposes of the Act.

 

Very truly yours,
 
/s/ Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
 
 

 
 

Exhibit A

 

Title of Securities Date of Pricing
Supplement
Pricing
Supplement
No.
1 Year 7.50% per annum Autocallable Reverse Convertible Securities due February 22, 2017 February 12, 2016 F211
Leveraged Buffered S&P 500® Index-Linked Medium-Term Notes due 2018 February 12, 2016 K625
Leveraged Buffered Basket-Linked Medium-Term Notes due 2017 February 12, 2016 K627
Trigger Autocallable Optimization Securities February 12, 2016 U1476