For members of the Board of Directors, Group Management and the global management teams (management level 2) and other selected employees – primarily from the Finance and Corporate Communications departments – a general ban on trading in Emmi shares, bonds, options and derivatives applies for a defined period prior to the publication of the annual and half-year results. These general trading blackout periods extend from the first working day in January and July until after publication of the annual and half-year results. No exceptions are foreseen.