MEDIA RELEASE Basler Kantonalbank is new principal sponsor of the BALOISE SESSION The BALOISE SESSION festival management is pleased to welcome a new principal sponsor to its team of sponsors. The Basler Kantonalbank is entering into a sponsoring partnership with Basel's long-established boutique music festival. The Basler Kantonalbank is a new addition to the BALOISE SESSION's family of sponsors. The festival management is delighted with this new partnership. «It is a great honour for us to welcome as a new principal sponsor a company with such a long tradition and strong roots in Basel. In keeping with its values, the BKB has an enduring commitment to the region. As such, it promotes cultural diversity in Basel – and this now includes the BALOISE SESSION. Signing this agreement makes us very proud and reinforces our ongoing commitment to present in Basel musical highlights with a Swiss-wide and international resonance», says Beatrice Stirnimann, CEO of the BALOISE SESSION. Guy Lachappelle, CEO of the BKB, is also looking forward to the collaboration: «Since its foundation in 1899 the BKB has been serving the Basel region and its people. We are committed to an attractive and lively Basel. We support small and large projects that enrich the life of our city on the Rhine. So the BALOISE SESSION fits perfectly in our sponsoring strategy. Year after year for the past 32 years, the festival has been entertaining visitors innovatively, imaginatively and true to the spirit of Basel. We look forward to the collaboration and to the first festival edition as principal sponsor in the autumn of 2018». Basler Kantonalbank – at home in Basel With strong roots in the Basel region, the BKB is a universal bank primarily operating in north- west Switzerland. It serves and advises private clients via a dense network of branches in Basel. The BKB has a government guarantee and a Standard and Poor's rating of AA. Since 2000 it has been a majority shareholder of Bank Cler, which has branches throughout Switzerland. Measured by balance sheet total, BKB is one of the ten largest Swiss banking groups. The 33rd BALOISE SESSION will be held from 19 October to 6 November 2018. Basel, 3 January 2018 For further media information, contact: Session Basel AG, Beatrice Stirnimann, Grenzacherstrasse 79, 4058 Basel Tel. 061 686 44.44 E-mail: [email protected], Website: baloisesession.ch #baloisesession .