Shareholders
Registered shareholders
As of March 31, 2021, the shareholdings of registered shareholders were distributed as follows:
Number of shares |
| Registered shareholders 31.3.2021 |
| Registered shareholders 31.3.2020 |
1 – 100 |
| 9,321 |
| 8,340 |
101 – 1,000 |
| 8,201 |
| 7,780 |
1,001 – 10,000 |
| 1,322 |
| 1,074 |
10,001 – 100,000 |
| 216 |
| 211 |
100,001 – 1,000,000 |
| 34 |
| 37 |
> 1,000,000 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
Total registered shareholders |
| 19,102 |
| 17,449 |
Significant shareholders
The following overview shows the significant shareholders as of March 31, 2021 based on shareholdings recorded in the share register and notifications on the SIX Swiss Exchange online reporting platform. Significant shareholders may also hold non-registered shares.
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| 20211) |
| 20211) |
| 20201) |
| 20201) |
|
| No. of shares |
| In % |
| No. of shares |
| In % |
Beda Diethelm2) |
| 6,710,440 |
| 10.42 |
| 6,667,002 |
| 10.35 |
Family of Hans-Ueli Rihs2)3) |
| 3,692,049 |
| 5.73 |
| 3,679,600 |
| 5.71 |
BlackRock, Inc. |
| 3,334,392 |
| 5.10 |
| 3,334,392 |
| 5.10 |
UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG |
| 1,948,684 |
| 3.03 |
| n/a |
| < 3 |
Harding Loevner LP4) |
| n/a |
| < 3 |
| 1,972,763 |
| 3.02 |
FIL Limited4) |
| n/a |
| < 3 |
| 1,969,770 |
| 3.01 |
1)Or at last reported date if shareholdings are not registered in the share register.
2)Beda Diethelm and Hans-Ueli Rihs were already shareholders before the Initial Public Offering in November 1994. There are no shareholders’ agreements among these individuals and they can trade freely.
3)Hans-Ulrich Rihs, Gabriela Rihs and Stefan Rihs as a group jointly control 3,692,049 registered shares (corresponding to 5.73% of total Sonova share capital) pursuant to the last disclosure notice. These shares were previously controlled by Hans-Ulrich Rihs as a single shareholder.
4)In 2020, Sonova reported according to Art. 20 of the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange Act, SESTA) the sales of shares by FIL Limited and Harding Loevner LP reducing their holdings to less than 3%.
For information on shareholders of Sonova Holding AG that have reported shareholdings of over 3% or a reduction of shareholdings below 3% in the financial year (FY) 2020/21, please refer to the website of the Disclosure Office of the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Cross-shareholdings
Sonova Holding AG has no cross-shareholdings with other companies.
