Annual Report 2010/11 - Sonova

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SHArEHOLDErS
rEGISTErED SHArEHOLDErS
As of March 31, the shareholdings of registered shareholders
were distributed as follows:
number of shares
registered shareholders
31.3.2011
registered shareholders
31.3.2010
1–100 6,666 5,818
101–1,000 10,250 8,988
1,001–10,000 1,456 1,402
10,001–100,000 177 165
100,001–1,000,000 19 28
> 1,000,000
Total registered
7 7
shareholders 18,575 16,408
SIGnIfICAnT SHArEHOLDErS
The following overview shows the shareholdings of significant
registered shareholders as of March 31:
2011 2011 2010
Number in % in %
Beda Diethelm1) 6,647,259 9.99 10.19
Andy rihs1) 6,009,598 9.04 10.68
Chase nominees Ltd. 2) 5,447,068 8.19 10.44
Hans-Ueli rihs1) 3,792,713 5.70 6.76
nortrust nominees Ltd2) registered shareholders
with less than
2,058,912 3.10 n/a
3% of shares 21,329,990 32.07 35.70
not registered 21,228,853 31.91 26.23
Total shares 66,514,393 100.00 100.00
1) The founding shareholders Andy rihs, Beda Diethelm and Hans-ueli rihs
were already shareholders before the Initial Public Offering in november
1994. There are no shareholders’ agreements between these individuals.
2) registered without voting rights.
In addition, the following shareholders of Sonova Holding AG
have reported shareholdings of over 3% in financial year 2010/11:
Lone Pine Capital LLC and its affiliates, 2 Greenwich Plaza,
Greenwich, 06830, Connecticut, uSA, hold 5.442% of the
capital and voting rights following a stock purchase per
March 30, 2011.
MfS Investment Management and ist affiliates, 500
Boylston St., Boston, MA 02110, hold 5.26% of the capital
and voting rights following a stock purchase per March 23,
2011.
fIL Limited (“fIL”), Pembroke Hall, 42 Crow Lane, Hamilton,
Bermuda, and its direct as well as indirect affiliates
have informed the company that it holds less than 3% of the
capital on March 17, 2011.
fMr LLC, 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, MA 02109, uSA,
and its direct as well as indirect affiliates have informed the
company that it holds less than 3% of the capital on March
2011.
Blackrock Inc. and its affiliates, 40 East 52 nd Street, new
york, 10022, uSA, have informed the company that it holds
less than 3% of the capital on December 7, 2011.
The Sonova Group has informed the SIX Swiss Exchange
that it held more than 3% of the capital, including its
employees, in July 2010.
SHArEHOLDEr STruCTurE
The following overview shows the shareholder structure by
type of shareholder:
Type 31.3.2011 31.3.2010
Individuals 25% 28%
Legal entities 24% 25%
nominees, fiduciaries 19% 21%
not registered 32% 26%
Total 100% 100%
The following overview shows the shareholder structure by
shareholder origin:
Origin 31.3.2011 31.3.2010
Switzerland 35% 38%
Europe (excl. Switzerland) 28% 32%
Americas 4% 3%
rest of world 1% 1%
not registered 32% 26%
Total 100% 100%