Five disclosure notifications were published in the year under
review, of which three relate to UBS Fund Management (Switzerland)
Ltd, one to the BlackRock Group and one to Professor Dr. Giorgio Behr
and Behr Deflandre & Snozzi BDS AG as shareholders belonging to
the same group.
As at 31 December 2012, the BlackRock Group (see group structure as
published on 22 May 2012 on the SIX disclosure platform), held
indirectly by BlackRock Inc (USA) had voting rights in excess of 5 %.
As at 31 December 2012 two shareholder groups had voting rights
between 3 % and 5 %: (i) Professor Dr. Giorgio Behr and Behr Deflandre
& Snozzi BDS AG as shareholders belonging to the same group and
(ii) UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG.
Disclosure notifications pertaining to shareholdings in Georg Fischer
Ltd that were filed with Georg Fischer Ltd and the SIX Swiss Exchange
are published on the latter’s electronic publication platform.
The notifications can be accessed via the following weblink to the
database search page of the disclosure office:
http://www.six-exchange-regulation.com/obligations/disclosure/major_shareholders_en.html