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44 Autoneum Annual Report 2015 Corporate Governance
Corporate Governance
Autoneum is a globally oriented company that is committed to creating
long-term value. As such, it considers high standards of
Corporate Governance of utmost importance. A policy of transparent
information provision to its various stakeholder groups creates
a basis for mutual trust.
The rules and regulations of Corporate Gover-
nance are laid out in numerous Autoneum
documents, in particular the Articles of Asso-
ciation1, the Organizational Regulations2 and
the Board Committee Regulations. The content
and structure of this report conform to
the Corporate Governance guidelines and their
related commentaries published by the SIX
Swiss Exchange.
Unless stated otherwise, the data pertain
to December 31, 2015. Information will
be updated regularly on
investor-relations. Some data refer to the
financial section of this Annual Report. The
Remuneration report can be found from
page 104 onwards.
1 Group structure and shareholders
Group structure
Autoneum Holding Ltd is a company incorpo-
rated under Swiss law, with its registered offices
in Winterthur. Its shares are listed on the
SIX Swiss Exchange (securities code 12748036,
ISIN CH0127480363, symbol AUTN). Market
capitalization as of December 31, 2015, was
CHF 938.1 million.
Autoneum Group consists of the four
Business Groups Europe, North America, Asia,
and SAMEA (South America, Middle East and
Africa), the Corporate Finance department and
those cross functions that report directly to
the CEO. It includes all companies controlled by
Autoneum Holding Ltd.
Within the framework of internal regula-
tions, the Business Groups are responsible for
the profitability of each individual company
with the exception of those business activities
and companies that report directly to the CEO.
Each Business Group has been established
for a clearly defined and demarcated specific
market region. Each of these Business Groups
conducts its business within the framework
of the Organizational Regulations2 and under
the leadership of the Business Group Head, who
reports directly to the CEO of the Autoneum
Group. The segment reporting information can
be found on pages 78–80.
The Corporate Finance department and
those cross functions that report directly to
the CEO support the CEO, the Business Group
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