ANNUAL REPORT 2008/09 - Sonova
ANNUAL REPORT 2008/09 - Sonova
ANNUAL REPORT 2008/09 - Sonova
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Shareholders<br />
Registered shareholders<br />
As of March 31, the shareholdings of registered shareholders<br />
were distributed as follows:<br />
Number of shares<br />
Registered shareholders<br />
31.3.20<strong>09</strong><br />
Registered shareholders<br />
31.3.<strong>2008</strong><br />
1 – 100 5,418 4,685<br />
101 – 1,000 9,761 8,149<br />
1,001 – 10,000 1,656 1,522<br />
10,001 – 100,000 167 147<br />
100,001 – 1,000,000 26 28<br />
> 1,000,000<br />
Total registered<br />
7 8<br />
shareholders 17,035 14,539<br />
Signifi cant shareholders<br />
The following overview shows the shareholdings of signifi -<br />
cant registered shareholders as of March 31:<br />
20<strong>09</strong> 20<strong>09</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
Number in % in %<br />
Beda Diethelm1) 7,262,500 10.97 10.77<br />
Andy Rihs1) 7,059,100 10.66 10.73<br />
Chase Nominees Ltd. 2) 6,414,472 9.69 10.74<br />
Hans-Ueli Rihs1) Registered shareholders<br />
with interests<br />
5,535,813 8.36 8.55<br />
below 3 % 24,<strong>09</strong>1,760 36.36 36.62<br />
Not registered 15,866,939 23.96 22.59<br />
Total shares 66,230,584 100.00 100.00<br />
1) The founding shareholders Beda Diethelm, Andy Rihs and Hans-Ueli Rihs<br />
were already shareholders before the Initial Public Off ering in November<br />
1994. There are no shareholders’ agreements between these persons.<br />
2) Registered without voting rights.<br />
Further, the following shareholders of <strong>Sonova</strong> Holding AG<br />
have given notifi cations of shareholdings over 3%:<br />
FMR LLC has informed the company that they hold 5.12%<br />
of the share capital as of December 7, 2007.<br />
FIL Limited has informed the company that they hold<br />
3.18% of the share capital as of March 24, 20<strong>09</strong>. The following<br />
overview shows the notifi ed shareholdings of<br />
FIL Limited in the reporting period:<br />
Date<br />
Purchase positions<br />
in %<br />
Sale positions<br />
in %<br />
March 17, 20<strong>09</strong> 3.18 0.53<br />
February 9, 20<strong>09</strong> below 3.00<br />
November 11, <strong>2008</strong> 3.17<br />
MFS Investment Management has informed the company<br />
that they hold 3.<strong>09</strong>% of the share capital as of January 23,<br />
20<strong>09</strong>.<br />
Barclays Plc & its subsidiaries have informed the company<br />
that they held over 3% of the share capital for a short<br />
time. The following overview shows the notifi ed shareholdings<br />
of Barclays Plc & its subsidiaries in the reporting<br />
period:<br />
Date<br />
Purchase positions<br />
in %<br />
August 29, <strong>2008</strong> below 3.00<br />
July 15, <strong>2008</strong> 4.90<br />
Sale positions<br />
in %<br />
Credit Suisse Group has informed the company that they<br />
hold below 3% of the share capital as of April 2, <strong>2008</strong>.<br />
Shareholder structure<br />
The following overview shows the shareholder structure<br />
by type of shareholder:<br />
Type 31.3.20<strong>09</strong> 31.3.<strong>2008</strong><br />
Individual shareholders 31 % 41 %<br />
Legal entities 25 % 13 %<br />
Nominees, fi duciaries 20 % 23 %<br />
Not registered 24 % 23 %<br />
Total 100 % 100 %<br />
The following overview shows the shareholder structure<br />
by origin of shareholder:<br />
Origin 31.3.20<strong>09</strong> 31.3.<strong>2008</strong><br />
Switzerland 40 % 38 %<br />
Europe (ex Switzerland) 32 % 31 %<br />
Americas 3 % 5 %<br />
Rest of the World 1 % 3 %<br />
Not registered 24 % 23 %<br />
Total 100 % 100 %<br />
Cross-shareholdings<br />
<strong>Sonova</strong> Holding AG has no cross-shareholdings with other<br />
companies.<br />
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE<br />
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