The following overview shows the shareholdings of registered significant shareholders as of March 31:
2010
2009
Number
in %
Andy Rihs1)
7,059,100
10.68
10.66
Chase Nominees Ltd.2)
6,901,553
10.44
9.69
Beda Diethelm1)
6,733,625
10.19
10.97
Hans-Ueli Rihs1)
4,465,813
6.76
8.36
Registered shareholders with interests below 3%
23,594,743
35.7
36.36
Not registered
17,335,913
26.23
23.96
Total shares
66,090,745
100.00
1)
2)
In addition, the following shareholders of Sonova Holding AG have reported shareholdings of over 3%:
FMR LLC has informed the company that it held 5.12% of the share capital as of December 7, 2007.
FIL Limited has informed the company that it held 3.02% of the share capital as of September 3, 2009. Earlier they informed the company that they held less than 3%.
The following overview shows the reported shareholdings of FIL Limited in the reporting period:
Date
Purchase positions
Sale positions
September 3, 2009
3.02%
June 11, 2009
below 3.00%
MFS Investment Management has informed the company that it held less than 3% of the share capital as of October 5, 2009.
BlackRock Inc. has informed the company that it held 3.05% of the share capital on February 4, 2010.
As of March 31, the shareholdings of registered shareholders were distributed as follows:
Number of shares
Registered shareholders 31.3.2010
Registered shareholders 31.3.2009
1–100
5,818
5,418
101–1,000
8,988
9,761
1,001–10,000
1,402
1,656
10,001–100,000
165
167
100,001–1,000,000
28
26
>1,000,000
7
Total registered shareholders
16,408
14,539
The following overview shows the shareholder structure by type of shareholder:
Type
31.3.2010
31.3.2009
Individual shareholders
28%
31%
Legal entities
25%
Nominees, fiduciaries
21%
20%
26%
24%
Total
100%
The following overview shows the shareholder structure by origin of shareholder:
Origin
Switzerland
38%
40%
Europe (ex Switzerland)
32%
Americas
3%
Rest of the World
1%