Pema Holding AG controls 80.30% of the shareholders' voting rights of Datwyler Holding Inc. The entire share capital of Pema Holding AG was contributed to Datwyler Fuehrungs AG, indirectly giving it a majority of the voting rights in Datwyler Holding Inc.

Datwyler Fuehrungs AG is owned by its Directors who are elected by co-optation and are also Directors of Pema Holding AG and Datwyler Holding Inc. They acquired equal shares in the CHF 0.1 million share capital of Daetwyler Fuehrungs AG at par value and are subject to clear rules under a shareholders' agreement. On leaving the Board, they transfer their shares to their successors at par value.

This arrangement was made to provide a sound legal framework to ensure that the majority of votes in Daetwyler Holding Inc. are controlled by the top management.

The charitable Daetwyler Foundation, endowed with CHF 13 million from private funds, does not own any shares in Datwyler Holding Inc. and therefore has no influence over the management of the company. Furthermore, the Deed of Foundation contains a binding and irrevocable provision that no executive in the Daetwyler Group may serve on the Board of Trustees of the Daetwyler Foundation.