Corporate governance
Corporate governance forms an important element of Flughafen Zürich AGʼs corporate policy. It is based on transparency and clearly regulated responsibilities. The company meets the guidelines of SIX Swiss Exchange and those of the Swiss Code of Obligations, and observes the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance recommendations issued by economiesuisse.
Group and capital structures
Group structure
For details concerning the group operational structure, please see the section on segment reporting. Apart from Flughafen Zürich AG, Kloten (securities no. 31941693, ISIN CH0319416936), which was listed on SIX Swiss Exchange with a market capitalisation of CHF 6.8 billion as at the balance sheet date, the consolidated group does not comprise any other listed companies. However, it does include the following unlisted companies:
Company |
|
Domicile |
|
Share capital |
|
Stake held in % |
Flughafen Zürich AG |
|
Kloten |
|
CHF 307,018,750 |
|
Parent company |
Zurich Airport International AG |
|
Kloten |
|
CHF 100,000 |
|
100.0 |
Zurich Airport Latin America Ltda. |
|
Rio de Janeiro |
|
BRL 1.8 million |
|
100.0 |
Concessionária do Aeroporto Internacional de Florianópolis S.A. |
|
Florianópolis |
|
BRL 150 million |
|
100.0 |
A-port S.A. |
|
Santiago de Chile |
|
CLP 9,760 million |
|
100.0 |
A-port Chile S.A. |
|
Santiago de Chile |
|
CLP 10,613 million |
|
100.0 |
Sociedad Concesionaria Antofagasta S.A. |
|
Santiago de Chile |
|
CLP 3,600 million |
|
100.0 |
Sociedad Concesionaria Iquique S.A. |
|
Santiago de Chile |
|
CLP 600 million |
|
100.0 |
Sociedad Concesionaria Aeropuerto Diego Aracena S.A. |
|
Santiago de Chile |
|
CLP 5,350 million |
|
100.0 |
A-port Operaciones S.A. |
|
Santiago de Chile |
|
CLP 1,352 million |
|
99.0 |
A-port Operaciones Colombia S.A. |
|
Bogotá |
|
COP 100 million |
|
99.0 |
Unique IDC S.A. de C.V. |
|
Tegucigalpa |
|
HNL 200 million |
|
99.0 |
Capital structure
The companyʼs ordinary share capital amounts to CHF 307,018,750, which is divided into 30,701,875 fully paid-up registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 10.00 each. All shares have the same dividend entitlements and voting rights (as long as they have been entered in the Share Register accordingly). No approved or conditional capital, no participation or dividend right certificates and no outstanding convertible bonds or options existed as at the balance sheet date.
For information concerning the distribution of shares to employees (no options are distributed), please refer to Financial report, Consolidated financial statements according to IFRS, Notes to the consolidated financial statements, note 3, Personnel expenses.
The changes in share capital, reserves and available earnings (financial statements according to the provisions of the Swiss Code of Obligations) during the past three years are shown below:
(CHF 1,000) |
|
31.12.2017 |
|
31.12.2016 |
|
31.12.2015 |
Share capital |
|
307,019 |
|
307,019 |
|
307,019 |
Legal capital reserves |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital contribution reserves |
|
313,499 |
|
411,744 |
|
509,980 |
Legal retained earnings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
General legal retained earnings |
|
42,370 |
|
42,370 |
|
42,370 |
Voluntary retained earnings |
|
109,838 |
|
109,470 |
|
109,168 |
Available earnings |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit brought forward |
|
1,107,409 |
|
933,342 |
|
757,745 |
Profit for the year |
|
309,995 |
|
272,312 |
|
267,694 |
Treasury shares |
|
–458 |
|
–855 |
|
–642 |
Total equity |
|
2,189,672 |
|
2,075,402 |
|
1,993,334 |