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

¹ At the gen­er­al meet­ing, any share­hold­er is en­titled to in­form­a­tion from the board of dir­ect­ors on the af­fairs of the com­pany and in­form­a­tion from the ex­tern­al aud­it­ors on the meth­ods and res­ults of their audit.

² In com­pan­ies whose shares are not lis­ted on a stock ex­change, share­hold­ers who to­geth­er rep­res­ent at least 10 per cent of the share cap­it­al or of the votes may re­quest the board of dir­ect­ors in writ­ing to provide in­form­a­tion on com­pany mat­ters.

³ The board of dir­ect­ors shall provide the in­form­a­tion with­in four months. The an­swers of the board of dir­ect­ors shall also be made avail­able for in­spec­tion by the share­hold­ers at the latest at the next gen­er­al meet­ing.

⁴ The in­form­a­tion must be provided in­so­far as it is re­quired for the prop­er ex­er­cise of share­hold­ers’ rights and provided no trade secrets or oth­er com­pany in­terests war­rant­ing pro­tec­tion are put at risk. Any re­fus­al to provide in­form­a­tion shall be jus­ti­fied in writ­ing.