As of March 31, 2024, the shareholdings of registered shareholders were distributed as follows:
Number of shares | Registered shareholders 31.3.2024 | Registered shareholders 31.3.2023 | ||
1 – 100 | 15,594 | 17,198 | ||
101 – 1,000 | 9,419 | 9,728 | ||
1,001 – 10,000 | 1,251 | 1,321 | ||
10,001 – 100,000 | 200 | 178 | ||
100,001 – 1,000,000 | 26 | 18 | ||
> 1,000,000 | 4 | 3 | ||
Total registered shareholders | 26,494 | 28,446 |
According to notifications received from Sonova Holding AG shareholders under the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Act, the following shareholders held more than 3% of Sonova Holding AGʼs registered share capital as of March 31, 2024:
20241) | 20242) | 20231) | 20232) | |||||
No. of shares | In % | No. of shares | In % | |||||
Beda Diethelm and Annamaria Diethelm-Pandiani3) | 6,712,878 | 11.26 | 6,712,878 | 10.98 | ||||
Family of Hans-Ueli Rihs 3) , 4) | 3,683,649 | 6.18 | 3,683,649 | 6.02 | ||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 3,334,293 | 5.10 | 3,334,293 | 5.10 | ||||
MFS Investment Management 5) | 1,847,415 | 3.02 | 1,847,415 | 3.02 | ||||
UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG | 1,825,453 | 3.06 | n/a | <3 |
1)Or at last reported date if shareholdings are not registered in the share register.
2)On the basis of the shares of Sonova Holding AG registered in the commercial register at last reported date which may differ.
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 3,683,649 registered shares (corresponding to 6.18% 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)MFS Investment Management, formerly known as Massachusetts Financial Services, is held by Sun Life Financial Inc. which is traded on the TSX, NYSE and PSE (ticker symbol SLF).
For information on shareholders of Sonova Holding AG who have reported shareholdings of over 3% or a reduction of shareholdings below 3% in the 2023/24 financial year, please refer to the website of the Disclosure Office of the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Sonova Holding AG has no cross-shareholdings with other companies.