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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.

 

Security symbol:

TECN

Security number:

1 210 019

ISIN:

CH0012100191

Telekurs Financial:

TECN

Bloomberg:

TECN SW

Reuters:

TECN.S

 

As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s market capitalization was CHF 2,245 million (shares outstanding). The list of consolidated subsidiaries, none of which is publicly listed, is presented in the financial section 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 of this Annual Report.

 

Important shareholders

As of December 31, 2018, the following shareholders held more than 3% of Tecan’s shares:

 

 

2017

2018

 

Shares

%

Shares

%

Chase Nominees Ltd., London (UK)

 1,546,910

13.3%

 1,546,910

13.1%

NN Groep N.V., Amsterdam (NL)

 848,426

7.3%

 848,426

7.2%

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield MA (US)

577,131

4.9%

677,766

5.8%

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

575,537

4.9%

575,537

4.9%

BlackRock Inc., New York (US)

749,718

6.4%

575,116

4.9%

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

572,926

4.9%

572,926

4.9%

T. Rowe Price Associates, Baltimore, MD (US)

 

<3.0%

348,302

3.0%

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

345,939

3.0%

345,939

2.9%

Pictet Funds SA, Geneva (CH)

344,811

3.0%

344,811

2.9%

Wellington Management Group LLP, Boston (US)

344,269

3.0%

 

<3.0%

 

For more information, please refer to www.six-exchange-regulation.com/en/home/publications/significant-shareholders.html. 

 

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.

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