3. Other disclosures
3.1 Full-time equivalents
In 2017 and in the previous year, Emmi AG employed fewer than 10 employees on average.
3.2 Collateral provided for liabilities of third parties
|
|
31.12.2017 |
31.12.2016 |
|
Guarantees and joint liability for loans of Group companies |
512,144 |
584,185 |
|
Of which used by Group companies |
408,856 |
450,759 |
|
Other guarantees for Group companies |
344,185 |
76,350 |
3.3 Contingent liabilities
Emmi AG is jointly and severally liable for the VAT liabilities of the other Swiss-domiciled Emmi companies and of the Genossenschaft Zentralschweizer Milchproduzenten ZMP and ZMP Invest AG.
3.4 Net release of hidden reserves
In the year under review and in 2016, there were no releases of hidden reserves.
3.5 Participations of members of the Board of Directors, the Council and Group Management
As at 31 December 2017, individual members of the Board of Directors, the Agricultural Council and Group Management (including affiliated persons) held the following number of shares in the company:
|
|
No. of shares |
No. of shares |
|
Board of Directors |
31.12.2017 |
31.12.2016 |
|
Konrad Graber, Chairman |
950 |
950 |
|
Thomas Oehen, Vice-Chairman |
615 |
610 |
|
Christian Arnold, Member |
30 |
30 |
|
Stephan Baer, Member |
34,500 |
34,500 |
|
Monique Bourquin, Member |
– |
– |
|
Niklaus Meier, Member |
200 |
200 |
|
Josef Schmidli, Member |
74 |
74 |
|
Franz Steiger, Member |
400 |
400 |
|
Diana Strebel, Member |
– |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
Agricultural Council |
|
|
|
Christophe Eggenschwiler |
– |
– |
|
Pirmin Furrer |
– |
– |
|
Stephan Hagenbuch (since 1.1.2017) |
50 |
n.a. |
|
Peter Hegglin (since 1.7.2017) |
– |
n.a. |
|
Kurt Nüesch (until 31.12.2016) |
n.a. |
– |
|
Markus Zemp (until 30.6.2017) |
n.a. |
– |
|
|
|
|
|
Group Management |
|
|
|
Urs Riedener, CEO |
– |
– |
|
Marc Heim, Deputy CEO |
150 |
150 |
|
Robert Muri, Deputy CEO (until 31.12.2016) |
n.a. |
100 |
|
Robin Barraclough, Member |
20 |
20 |
|
Kai Könecke, Member (since 1.4.2017) |
– |
n.a. |
|
Matthias Kunz, Member |
27 |
27 |
|
Thomas Morf, Member (since 19.6.2017) |
– |
n.a. |
|
Jörg Riboni, Member |
– |
– |
|
Natalie Rüedi, Member |
– |
– |
The members of the Board of Directors, the Agricultural Council and Group Management own a total of 37,016 shares (previous year 37,061 shares) and thus hold 0.7 % of the voting rights (previous year 0.7 %).
3.6 Significant events after the balance sheet date
From the balance sheet date until the financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 2 March 2018, no other major events occured which could have adversely affected the validity of the annual financial statements for 2017 or which would have to be disclosed.