![Urs Burkard (back L), representative of the majority shareholders of Swiss chemicals group Sika displays his mobile phone towards lawyer Max Roesle (R) during the company's shareholder meeting in the town of Urs Burkard (back L), representative of the majority shareholders of Swiss chemicals group Sika displays his mobile phone towards lawyer Max Roesle (R) during the company's shareholder meeting in the town of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CKAM67/urs-burkard-back-l-representative-of-the-majority-shareholders-of-swiss-chemicals-group-sika-displays-his-mobile-phone-towards-lawyer-max-roesle-r-during-the-companys-shareholder-meeting-in-the-town-of-baar-april-14-2015-shares-in-sika-leapt-march-23-2015-after-the-swiss-chemicals-firm-said-it-had-won-a-key-court-ruling-in-its-battle-to-fend-off-a-back-door-takeover-by-saint-gobain-of-france-reutersarnd-wiegmann-2CKAM67.jpg)
Urs Burkard (back L), representative of the majority shareholders of Swiss chemicals group Sika displays his mobile phone towards lawyer Max Roesle (R) during the company's shareholder meeting in the town of
![Paul Haelg, chairman of the board of Swiss chemicals group Sika gestures as he addresses a news conference in Zurich January 26, 2015. An attempt by Sika's major shareholder to sell the Paul Haelg, chairman of the board of Swiss chemicals group Sika gestures as he addresses a news conference in Zurich January 26, 2015. An attempt by Sika's major shareholder to sell the](https://c8.alamy.com/compfr/2cpbb20/paul-haelg-chairman-of-the-board-of-swiss-chemicals-group-sika-gestures-as-he-addresses-a-news-conference-in-zurich-january-26-2015-an-attempt-by-sikas-major-shareholder-to-sell-the-swiss-chemicals-firm-to-french-rival-saint-gobain-was-dealt-a-new-blow-on-monday-when-sikas-board-sought-to-reduce-the-shareholders-voting-rights-the-burkard-schenker-family-which-has-majority-voting-rights-in-sika-but-only-16-1-percent-of-the-shares-agreed-last-month-to-a-2-75-billion-swiss-franc-3-1-billion-takeover-offer-for-the-company-from-saint-gobain-reuters-arnd-wiegmann-switzerland-tag-2cpbb20.jpg)
Paul Haelg, chairman of the board of Swiss chemicals group Sika gestures as he addresses a news conference in Zurich January 26, 2015. An attempt by Sika's major shareholder to sell the
![Urs Burkard, representative of the majority shareholders of Swiss chemicals group Sika, talks to journalists before the company's extraordinary shareholder meeting in the town of Baar July 24, 2015. The board of Urs Burkard, representative of the majority shareholders of Swiss chemicals group Sika, talks to journalists before the company's extraordinary shareholder meeting in the town of Baar July 24, 2015. The board of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CNXBBH/urs-burkard-representative-of-the-majority-shareholders-of-swiss-chemicals-group-sika-talks-to-journalists-before-the-companys-extraordinary-shareholder-meeting-in-the-town-of-baar-july-24-2015-the-board-of-swiss-chemicals-firm-sika-said-on-friday-it-would-cap-the-voting-rights-of-its-controlling-shareholder-at-5-percent-at-an-extraordinary-general-meeting-amid-a-disputed-takeover-by-saint-gobain-reutersarnd-wiegmann-2CNXBBH.jpg)