Publication of provisional end result for Vifor Pharma tender offer: Participation rate of 94 percent

Publication of provisional end result for Vifor Pharma tender offer: Participation rate of 94 percent

Melbourne, Australia and St. Gallen, Switzerland, 23 March 2022 – CSL Behring AG, Berne, Switzerland, a wholly-owned subsidiary of global biotechnology leader CSL Limited (ASX: CSL; USOTC: CSLLY), today announced the provisional notice of the end result of its public tender offer to acquire all publicly held shares of Vifor Pharma Ltd. (SIX:VIFN; ISIN:CH0364749348) for USD 179.25 per share as indicated in the offer prospectus of 18 January 2022.

According to the provisional end result, taking into account the Vifor Pharma shares held by the offeror and the persons acting in concert with the offeror at the end of the additional acceptance period and the Vifor Pharma shares tendered during the main offer period and the additional acceptance period, CSL's participation at the end of the additional acceptance period on 22 March 2022 amounts to a total of 94 percent of all listed Vifor Pharma shares as of 22 March 2022, subject to the completion of the offer. The provisional notice of the end result is available at www.csltransaction.com.

The definitive notice of the end result is expected to be published on 28 March 2022 and will contain statements as to the satisfaction of the offer conditions and as to the settlement of the offer, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all offer conditions. CSL already waived the 80% acceptance rate condition set forth in the offer prospectus and declared the tender offer successful in the definitive notice of the interim result.