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Autoneum Annual Report 2015
Corporate Governance
Heads, and the Board of Directors in their
management and supervisory functions, and
are responsible for the activities outside the
Business Groups such as management of holding
companies and pension funds. Subsidiary
companies are founded based on legal, business
and financial considerations. One responsible
person (Head of Legal Unit) is appointed
for each company. He is responsible for local
financial management as well as for compliance
with national laws and regulations and internal
guidelines.
Companies with participation of further
shareholders are principally managed as
described above and according to the respective
agreements.
40 companies worldwide belonged to the
Autoneum Group as of December 31, 2015.
An overview on affiliates comprising the names,
domiciles and share capital of the affiliates
and the voting rights held by the Autoneum
Group can be found on page 102. The manage-
ment organization of the Autoneum Group is
independent of the legal structure of the Group
and the individual companies.
Significant shareholders
As of December 31, 2015, Autoneum was
aware of the following shareholders with 3%
or more of all voting rights in the company:
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Artemis Beteiligungen I Ltd; Centinox Holding
Ltd; Michael Pieper, Hergiswil, Switzerland
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PCS Holding Ltd, Warth-Weiningen; Peter
Spuhler, Weiningen, Switzerland
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Norges Bank (The Central Bank of Norway),
Oslo, Norway
All notifications of shareholders with 3%
or more of all voting rights in the company have
been reported to the Disclosure Office of the
SIX Swiss Exchange in accordance with Art. 20
of SESTA (Swiss Stock Exchanges and Securities
Trading Act) and published via its electronic
publication platform on www.six-exchange-
As per December 31, 2015
Organization
Autoneum
Holding Ltd
Board of Directors
Autoneum
Group
Martin Hirzel
CEO
Corporate Finance
Dr Martin Zwyssig
CFO
Business Group
Europe
Matthias Holzammer
Business Group
North America
John T. Lenga
(as of March 1, 2015)
Business Group
Asia
Dr Uwe Trautmann
(until February 29, 2016)
Business Group
SAMEA
Volker Eimertenbrink
(until December 31, 2015)