ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - GAM Holding AG

Corporate Governance
BACKGROUND
Corporate governance is a decisive factor in business management. Shareholders, clients, and employees are usually considered the key
stakeholder groups within the context of corporate governance and our focus on achieving sustained success and consistency in our business
rests significantly on the principle of retaining such stakeholders for as long as possible. Our stakeholders have a legitimate interest in knowing
the individuals and internal bodies that determine the development of the Company, make the strategic decisions and bear the responsibility for
them. We aim to satisfy these legitimate information needs in this chapter of the Annual Report.
The corporate governance information in relation to GAM Holding Ltd. is presented in accordance with (a) the Corporate Governance Directive of
the SIX Swiss Exchange that entered into force on 1 July 2002 and was most recently revised as of 1 July 2009 (the “Corporate Governance
Directive”), and (b) the guidelines and recommendations of the “Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance” of the Swiss business
federation economiesuisse dated 25 March 2002 including Appendix 1, “Recommendation on compensation for board of directors and
executive board” dated 6 September 2007, which takes into account the new articles 663bbis and 663c paragraph 3 of the Swiss Code of
Obligations that entered into force on 1 January 2007.
References in this Annual Report to “the Company” or “the Parent Company” shall be taken as references to GAM Holding Ltd. References to
the “GAM Group” or “the Group” shall be taken as references to GAM Holding Ltd. and all of its subsidiaries. References to the “Board of
Directors” and the “Executive Board” shall mean such bodies of GAM Holding Ltd.
The following information corresponds to the situation as at 31 December 2009.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE