Corporate Governance further improved. Management structure ...

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CoRpoRAte GoveRnAnCe
* www.schmolz-bickenbach.com/en/
i nvestor-relations/corporate-governance.
In the reporting year the flow of information to the shareholders and the
financial community was strengthened and the internal organisation of
the Board of Directors was adapted to the new requirements. the growing
requirements for Corporate Governance were taken into account with
concrete measures.
1 Group structure and shareholders
1.1 Group structure
S+Bi AG is a company organised under Swiss law. Headquartered in emmen, the Company was
first entered in the Commercial Register of the Canton of Lucerne on 20 September 1887 under the name Aktiengesellschaft
der von Moosschen eisenwerke. the company number is CH­100.3.010.656­7.
1.1.1 Group operating structure
the operating organisation is described in the segment reporting section of the consolidated financial statements.
Management and supervision of the S+Bi Group are based on the Company‘s Articles of Incorporation*,
organisational Regulations*, organisational charts, mission statement and other documents that set out the
corporate policy and business principles.
the management structure is aligned to the Group’s business strategy. As a global leader specialising in long products for
the special and high­grade steel sector, the Group is organised in line with the value chain, subdivided into the production,
processing and Distribution + Services divisions. thus, the Group’s operating structure is closely geared to markets
and processes, to enable it to maintain and grow its leading position on the global market. the individual companies and
divisions are shown on pages 126 and 127 of the Annual Report.
1.1.2 Listed company
name S+Bi AG
Registered office emmenweidstrasse 90, emmen
Listed on SIX Swiss exchange, Main Standard
Market capitalisation CHF 633 million (Closing price as at 30 December 2011: CHF 5.36)
Symbol StLn
Securities no. 579 566
ISIn CH000 579 566 8