Corporate Governance

Information pursuant to the SIX Swiss Exchange Directive on Information Relating to Corporate Governance.

1 Group structure and shareholders

 

Group structure

Tecan Group Ltd. (the Company), Seestrasse 103, 8708 Männedorf, Zurich, Switzerland, is the ultimate parent Company of the Tecan Group.

The Company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

 

Symbol: TECN
Security number: 1 210 019
ISIN: CH0012100191
Telekurs Financial: TECN
Bloomberg: TECN SW
Reuters: TECN.S

As of December 31, 2014, the Company’s market capitalization was CHF 1,261 million (shares outstanding). The list of consolidated subsidiaries, none of which is publicly listed, is presented in the financial section on page 129 of this Annual Report. The operational Group structure is based on a customer-oriented division into the business segments Life Sciences Business (end customers) and Partnering Business (OEM customers). The segment reporting based on this structure is presented in the financial section on page 91 of this Annual Report.

Major shareholders

As at December 31, 2014, the following shareholders held more than 3% of Tecan’s shares:

 

2013

2014

 

Shares

 %

Shares

 %

Chase Nominees Ltd., London (GB)

1,546,910

13.5%

1,546,910

13.5%

ING Groep N.V., Amsterdam (NL)

1,051,540

9.2%

846,556

7.4%

UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Basel (CH)

584,374

5.1%

584,374

5.1%

APG Algemeine Pensioen Groep N.V., Amsterdam (NL)

383,102

3.3%

572,926

5.0%

Pictet Funds SA, Geneva (CH)

572,591

5.0%

572,591

5.0%

Credit Suisse Asset Management Funds AG, Zurich (CH)

368,034

3.2%

362,760

3.2%

Tecan Group Ltd., Männedorf (CH)

362,840

3.2%

 

<3.0%

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Milwaukee (US)

350,790

3.1%

 

<3.0%

Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway), Oslo (NO)

350,520

3.1%

 

<3.0%

Numbers of shares according to the most recent shareholder notifications to SIX; the percentages are adjusted to the actual share capital as at the end of the reporting period.

The Company does not have any cross-shareholdings exceeding 5% of the capital or voting rights on both sides.