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Annual Report for 1997 and Company Portrait «Creating Value» Georg Fischer GF

Content

Company Portrait

Main theme „Creating Value”

• The main figures (p. 2)
• Overview (p. 3)
• Message (p. 4)
• Main theme (p. 6)

Profile

• Corporation (p. 12)
• Automotive Products (p. 14)
• Piping Systems (p. 16)
• Manufacturing Technology (p. 18)
• Plant Engineering (p. 20)
• Executive Organs (p. 22)
• Subsidiaries (p. 23)

Annual Report 1997; Financial Report (Annexe)

Corporation

• The main figures (p. 2)
• Review of the 1997 business year (directors‘ annual report) (p. 3)
• Automotive Products Group (p. 4)
• Piping Systems Group (p. 5)
• Manufacturing Technology Group (S. 6)
• Plant Engineering Group (p. 7)
• Financial and accounting topics (p. 8)

Consolidated financial statements

• Consolidated balance sheet (p. 9)
• Consolidated income statement (p. 10)
• Changes in equity (p. 11)
• Consolidated cash flow statement (p. 12)
• Notes to the consolidated financial statements (p. 13)
• Auditors‘ report (p. 24)

Five-year summaries

• Corporation (p. 26)
• Information for investors (p. 27)

Financial statements of Georg Fischer Ltd (Holding)

• Balance sheet (p. 28)
• Income statement (p. 29)
• Notes to the financial statements (p. 29)
• Proposal by the Board of Directors for the distribution of available earnings (p. 32)
• Auditors‘ report to the Annual General Meeting (p. 32)

Companies

• Companies (p. 33)