Federal Act
on the Amendment of the Swiss Civil Code
(Part Five: The Code of Obligations)

¹ The art­icles of as­so­ci­ation must con­tain pro­vi­sions con­cern­ing:

1.

the busi­ness name and seat of the com­pany;

2.

the ob­jects of the com­pany;

3.³¹⁷

the total share cap­it­al, its cur­rency, and the ex­tent to which it is paid up;

4.

the num­ber, nom­in­al value and types of shares;

5. and 6.³¹⁸

...

7.³¹⁹

the form of the com­pany’s com­mu­nic­a­tions with its share­hold­ers.

² In a com­pany whose shares are lis­ted on a stock ex­change, the art­icles of as­so­ci­ation must also con­tain pro­vi­sions on:

1.

the num­ber of activ­it­ies that the mem­bers of the board of dir­ect­ors, the ex­ec­ut­ive board and the board of ad­visors may carry out in com­par­able po­s­i­tions in oth­er un­der­tak­ings with com­mer­cial ob­jects;

2.

the max­im­um term of the con­tracts that gov­ern the re­mu­ner­a­tion of mem­bers of the board of dir­ect­ors, the ex­ec­ut­ive board and the board of ad­visors, and the max­im­um no­tice of ter­min­a­tion for un­lim­ited con­tracts (Art. 735b);

3.

the prin­ciples on the du­ties and re­spons­ib­il­it­ies of the re­mu­ner­a­tion com­mit­tee;

4.

the de­tails of the vote of the gen­er­al meet­ing on the re­mu­ner­a­tion of the board of dir­ect­ors, the ex­ec­ut­ive board and of the board of ad­visors.³²⁰

³ Oth­er un­der­tak­ings in terms of para­graph 2 num­ber 1 do not in­clude un­der­tak­ings that are con­trolled by the com­pany or that con­trol the com­pany.³²¹