Roche: Delighted About Shareholder Pool Extension
January 28 2009 - 2:40AM
Dow Jones News
Roche Holding AG (RHHBY) Board of Directors and Corporate
Executive Committee is delighted about the extension of the
shareholders' pooling agreement which the successors of the the
company founder Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche announced Wednesday.
As a result, the families Hoffmann and Oeri will continue to
hold the majority of the company's shares.
"For Roche this pool extension represents an important
affirmation of the long term commitment of our majority
shareholders to an independent development of the company",
commented Franz Humer, Roche's Chairman of the Board.
"Particularly in these economically turbulent times we are very
happy being able to count on such a highly stable group of
shareholders keen in the long-term success of Roche", Humer pointed
out.
Company Web Site: http://www.roche.com
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