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Shareholders

Registered shareholders

As of March 31, 2022, the shareholdings of registered shareholders were distributed as follows:

Number of shares

 

Registered shareholders 31.3.2022

 

Registered shareholders 31.3.2021

1 – 100

 

13,177

 

9,321

101 – 1,000

 

8,174

 

8,201

1,001 – 10,000

 

1,260

 

1,322

10,001 – 100,000

 

219

 

216

100,001 – 1,000,000

 

31

 

34

> 1,000,000

 

7

 

8

Total registered shareholders

 

22,868

 

19,102

Significant shareholders

The following overview shows the significant shareholders as of March 31, 2022 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.

 

 

2022 1)

 

2022 2)

 

2021 1)

 

2021 2)

 

 

No. of shares

 

In %

 

No. of shares

 

In %

Beda Diethelm 3)

 

6,712,878

 

10.63

 

6,710,440

 

10.42

Family of Hans-Ueli Rihs 3) 4)

 

3,683,648

 

5.83

 

3,692,049

 

5.73

BlackRock, Inc.

 

3,334,293

 

5.10

 

3,334,392

 

5.10

The Capital Group Companies, Inc 5)

 

3,087,638

 

4.89

 

n/a

 

<3

UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG

 

1,948,684

 

3.03

 

1,948,684

 

3.03

1) Or at last reported date if shareholdings are not registered in the share register.

2) On the basis of the shares registered in the commercial register at last reported date.

3) 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.

4) Hans-Ulrich Rihs, Gabriela Rihs and Stefan Rihs as a group jointly control 3,683,648 registered shares (corresponding to 5.83% of total Sonova share capital) pursuant to the last disclosure notice. These shares were previously controlled by Hans-Ulrich Rihs as a single shareholder.

5) The Capital Group Companies, Inc is held by (i) Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC"), (ii) Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. and (iii) Capital International, Inc.

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) 2021/22, 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.