The Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Georg Fischer attach very great importance to good Corporate Governance in the interest of shareholders, customers, business partners and employees. http://www.georgfischer.com/content/gf/com/en/investoren/corporate-governance Adobe CQ 2013-03-21T13:06:57Z http://www.georgfischer.com/content/gf/com/en/investoren/corporate-governance/revisionsstelle 2013-03-21T13:06:57Z 2013-02-26T06:00:23Z

At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting 2013, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (Zurich), was re-elected as auditor for another one-year term of office.

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The Board of Directors, which in accordance with § 16.1 of the Articles of Association is comprised of seven to ten members, has ten members.

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As at 31 December 2012, Georg Fischer Ltd had 14,212 shareholders with voting rights (previous year: 13,966), most of whom reside in Switzerland. To maintain this broad base, the Articles of Association provide for the statutory restrictions summarized hereinafter.

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The Executive Committee is headed by CEO Yves Serra. The heads of the Divisions and the Corporate units are responsible for the development and attainment of their corporate goals and for the autonomous management of their respective areas. The CEO is in charge of running the Corporation as a whole.

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Georg Fischer implements a policy of communicating proactively, openly and promptly with all stakeholders. All communication measures are based on a commitment to uphold the company’s credibility. Whenever possible and permissible, employees are notified first of issues that affect them.

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Fully paid-in share capital amounts to CHF 41,008,980 and is divided into 4,100,898 registered shares each with a par value of CHF 10. Each registered share has one vote at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. The authorized capital and the conditional capital amount to a maximum of CHF 6,000,000.