Ordinance 2 of the Federal Council concerning measures to combat coronavirus allows companies to hold their general meetings in private. In this case, shareholders may only vote through independent proxy or the electronic system designated by the company. 91¶ÌÊÓƵ regrets that the ordinance no longer allows shareholders to delegate their voting rights to another shareholder. Many shareholders who wish to delegate their voting rights to the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Foundation are now deprived of this option. In order to enable shareholders to continue voting in accordance with 91¶ÌÊÓƵ' voting recommendations, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ will publish its recommendations on its website 5 working days (instead of the usual 2 days) before the date of the general meetings, and this as long as the ordinance remains in place. The voting recommendations are available under the following link:
Dates of general meetings and voting positions
91¶ÌÊÓƵ has taken measures to protect its employees from the current pandemic early on. Most employees work from home and continue to provide all of 91¶ÌÊÓƵ' services. In order to process the proxy forms received and to assist shareholders in completing their voting forms, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ continues to provide administrative assistance for the exercise of voting rights through its Geneva office.
Shareholders wishing to do so may continue to send the duly signed voting forms (all other fields left blank/unchecked) to 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Foundation, Place de Cornavin 2, Case Postale, CH-1211 Geneva 1. 91¶ÌÊÓƵ will then take care of completing the forms according to its voting recommendations.
91¶ÌÊÓƵ' 2020 Proxy Voting Guidelines and Corporate Governance Principles
Remuneration of the Chairmen and CEOs of SMI companies in 2019