GROUP STRUCTURE AND SHAREHOLDERS

Group structure

The Lindt & Sprüngli Group is globally active developing, producing and selling chocolate products in the premium quality segment. The holding company, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, with headquarters in Kilchberg ZH, is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The market capitalization, based on 2015 year-end prices, is CHF 16.3 billion.

Security and securities listing numbers

The company's group structure is lean. While the Board of Directors handles management, strategy, and supervisory duties at the highest level, the CEO and Group Management members are responsible for operational management tasks, supported by the Extended Group Management team.

Board of Directors

Group Management

The consolidation scope of Chocoladefabriken Lindt  & Sprüngli AG includes subsidiaries listed in notes to the consolidated financial statements, along with details about these companies, such as name, domicile, share capital, participation, etc.

Details of subsidiaries

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG holds no interests in listed companies.

Major shareholders

As of December 31, 2015, Chocoladefabriken Lindt  & Sprüngli AG disclosed the following major shareholders owning voting rights of more than 3 %: “Fonds für Pensionsergänzungen der Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG,” “Finanzierungsstiftung für die Vorsorgeeinrichtungen der Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG”, “Lindt Cocoa Foundation” and “Lindt Chocolate Competence Foundation”, all in Kilchberg ZH, held, as a group, a total of 27,504 registered shares or 20.21 % of the share capital and thus 20.21 % of company voting rights. As far as the company knows, there are no tied shareholding agreements between these shareholders.

As of December 31, 2015, the company received no disclosure reports indicating that other shareholders own more than 3 % of the voting rights of the company.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG has no cross holdings.