Corporate governance

Corporate governance forms an important element of Flughafen Zürich AGʼs corporate policy. It is based on transparency and clearly defined 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, which is listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (securities no. 31941693, ISIN CH0319416936, market capitalisation of CHF 5.4 billion as at 31 December 2019), the consolidated group does not comprise any other listed companies. However, it does include the following unlisted companies:

Capital structure

The groupʼs 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 the 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: