09 Trading in Dialog shares Dividend policy TecDAX index Investor relations Free-float Disclosure of interests Dialog shares are traded in Germany on the  XETRA and Frankfurt regulated official markets,  and on all other German regional exchanges  on the open market. Dialog participates in industries that are  considered to be global growth engines and  provides its services and products to major  players in these industries. Dialog’s Board of  Directors is committed to reinvesting all profits  into laying the framework for future growth  and continues to believe that this policy is in the best interests of all its Shareholders. Dialog understands the importance of clear  communication with investors and analysts,  particularly during a period of global economic  uncertainty. During 2012, the management  team continued its efforts to ensure that the  market was kept up to date with the effect the  changing macroenvironment was having on its business, together with the important and  exciting changes under way at the Company.  Dialog’s shares are now followed by 17 independent financial analysts, representing  both European and US investment banks.  During 2012, we issued trading updates and  quarterly earnings reports, presented at several  investor conferences and international road  shows in Europe, the US and Asia, and kept in regular contact with our Shareholders and  analysts. Dialog was named in second place in  the “German Investor Relations Award 2012”  for the TecDAX category by Thomson Reuters  Extel (a division of Thomson Reuters),  WirtschaftsWoche business magazine, and DIRK (the association for Investor Relations (IR)  in Germany). The free-float includes the following shares  held on behalf of discretionary clients as per  the share register on 31 December 2012. Dialog’s free-float is 65,389,162 or 96.1%  of the outstanding shares. The free-float is  calculated by excluding the 2,679,768 shares  held in the Dialog Semiconductor Plc Employee  Benefit Trust. Dialog was granted entry to the TecDAX index  during 2009. The TecDAX tracks the 30 largest  and most actively traded companies from  the various technology sectors of the Prime  Standard segment, excluding those listed in the German DAX index. It is amongst the  most important stock indices in Germany and  membership is decided by a ranking, based on a company’s free-float market capitalisation  and stock market trading volume. Information provided, including presentations,  press releases and reports of the Company,  as well as the recommendations of analysts  covering the Company, can be downloaded  from the corporate website: www.dialog- semiconductor.com/investor-relations Shares held by X-Fab Semiconductor AG, as per the share register on 31 December 2012,  amounted to 1.8% of discretionary clients. Since 31 December 2012 and as per the share  register on 31 January 2013, there has been one material change to the shares held on  behalf of discretionary clients. Shares held on behalf of discretionary clients as per the share register on 31 January 2013. The provisions of the DTR require that any  person or fund acquiring a direct or indirect  interest of 3% or more of a class of shares  issued by the Company – with voting rights at  the Company’s general meeting – must inform  the Company of its interest within two working  days. If the 3% interest is exceeded, the  Shareholder must inform the Company of any  increase or decrease of one percentage point  in its interest. In accordance with DTR 5.1.5 with respect to voting rights attached to shares held by  investment managers (on behalf of clients), by  scheme operators and ICVCs, the first threshold  for disclosure is set at 5% with the next level  set at 10% and every percentage above 10%. State Street  6,140,555  9.4% BNP Paribas Securities Services  4,618,079  7.1% The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV  4,438,659  6.8% Citigroup Global Markets  3,974,595  6.1% Clearstream Banking S.A.  3,488,399  5.3% CACEIS Bank  3,391,493  5.2% Chase Nominees Ltd 2,865,198  4.4% Brown Brothers Harriman & Co  2,008,765  3.1% The Bank of New York  Mellon SA/NV  4,511,756  6.9%  BNP Paribas Securities Services  4,347,913  6.6%  State Street  3,888,040  5.9% Citigroup Global Markets  3,658,365  5.6 %  Clearstream Banking S.A.  3,453,092  5.3 % CACEIS Bank  3,197,105  4.9 % Chase Nominees Ltd 2,838,229  4.3 %