Number of activities permitted outside the Group
The number of mandates in senior managing bodies and boards of directors of legal entities outside the Group – which are to be entered in the Swiss commercial register or in a comparable foreign register – is according to Article 19, section 3 item 1 of the Articles of Association restricted for the members of the Board of Directors to: four mandates in listed companies, ten mandates in non-listed companies, and fifteen mandates in other legal entities, such as foundations and associations.
Where mandates are assumed in different legal entities of one corporate group, or at the behest of one corporate group, these are accounted in the aggregate as a single mandate but may not exceed forty mandates in total. The foregoing limits may be exceeded temporarily by one mandate per category at the most.