Corporate governance

1. Group structure and shareholders

Group structure

Operational Group structure is shown in the diagram  “Management Structure”.

Geberit AG, the parent company of the Geberit Group, has its headquarters in Rapperswil-Jona (CH). For the place of listing, market capitalization, Swiss securities identification number and ISIN code please refer to  “Geberit share information”.

The Group’s consolidated subsidiaries are listed in  Note 34, “Group companies as of December 31, 2011” to the Consolidated Financial Statements. The scope of consolidation does not include any listed companies.

Significant shareholders

Shareholders holding in excess of a certain percentage of the share capital must be disclosed under the Federal Act governing the Swiss Stock Exchange.

The significant shareholders within the meaning of Art. 663c of the Swiss Law of Obligations (Schweizer Obligationenrecht) listed at right were entered in the share register on December 31, 2011, as holding more than 3% of share capital.

Notifications reported to Geberit and the Disclosure Office of the SIX Swiss Exchange AG during 2011 and published via electronic publishing platform of SIX can be viewed at:  six-exchange-regulation.com/obligations
/disclosure/major_shareholders_en.html
.

Cross-shareholdings

In terms of equity interests or voting rights, the Geberit Group has no cross-shareholdings with any other companies.