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Memorandum from Novartis International Ltd. to all Associates of Novartis Switzerland

January 19, 2010

Novartis helps earthquake victims in Haiti – your donation counts double!

Dear Associates

It is with great dismay that we learned in the last few days about the earthquake in Haiti that
has brought unimaginable suffering to thousands of people. While the picture in Port-au-
Prince remains as unclear as ever, it is feared that tens of thousands have died in the
devastating earthquake.

Many associates here in Switzerland have contacted us in the last few days to express their
shock. They wanted to know how the people affected by the earthquake can best be helped. 
As you can see in the letter from our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Daniel
Vasella, Novartis is donating emergency medicines to various aid organizations.

Numerous queries in this regard are currently being considered. In addition, the various country
organizations of Novartis are carrying out their own collections for the earthquake victims in
Haiti. To this end, an account for the earthquake victims in Haiti has been opened in
Switzerland with BASAID (www.basaid.ch) – the relief aid organization of Novartis associates.
Your donation is thus worth twice the money you pay in! Novartis will double all
donations which its associates pay into the BASAID post-office account for earthquake
victims in Haiti by February 28, 2010.

Associates who want to contribute to aid for the earthquake victims in Haiti can do this by
paying their donation into the following post-office account by bank transfer or using a paying-
in slip:

BASAID post-office account 40-547916-7
(IBAN CH48 0900 0000 4054 7916 7; BIC POFICHBEXXX)
BASAID - Verein für Basishilfe, Schwarzwaldallee 215, 4015 Basel-Stadt
Indicate reason for payment: “Relief aid for earthquake victims in Haiti”

All your donated money will be used for reconstruction projects in Haiti. A committee made up
of representatives from Novartis, BASAID and the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable
Development will consider various reconstruction projects in Haiti and then decide on how the
resources are to be used. In this way, we can make sure that our aid for the people affected
will also have a long-term and sustainable impact beyond that of the immediate relief
operations. 

We shall keep you informed about the deployment and use of the donations through the
internal Novartis information channels and via the BASAID website.

Best regards

Armin Zust
Head Novartis Switzerland

P.S. The money you donate is tax deductible in Switzerland, so keep the documents for your
next tax return – further answers to your questions can be found in the enclosed Q&A.

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
Q&A Version Eng final.pdf	COLLABORATION WITH BASAID	82 Kb
Q&A Version Dt final.pdf	ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT BASAID	80 Kb
Q&A Version FR final.pdf	COLLABORATION AVEC BASAID	24 Kb
Brief an Mitarbeitende Erdbeben_final_Fr.pdf	Novartis aide les victimes du séisme en Haïti – votre don compte double	66 Kb
20100119-haiti-letter-IT.pdf	Testo in italiano	63 Kb