The following overview shows the shareholdings of registered significant shareholders as of March 31:
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%:
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.
As of March 31, the shareholdings of registered shareholders were distributed as follows:
The following overview shows the shareholder structure by type of shareholder:
The following overview shows the shareholder structure by origin of shareholder: