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Shareholder structure in % of share capital
Status: 31.03.2013
Free float 88.8%
1 Banks 0.5%
2 Insurance companies 0.5%
3 Investment companies 7.5%
4 Other institut. Investors 68.6%
5 Private shareholders 11.7%
 
Core shareholdings 11.2%
6 Warren E. Buffett1 11.2%
Status: 31.03.2012
Free float 88.8%
1 Banks 0.4%
2 Insurance companies 1.2%
3 Investment companies 7.2%
4 Other institut. Investors 67.4%
5 Private shareholders 12.6%
 
Core shareholdings 11.2%
6 Warren E. Buffett1 11.2%
1 11.2% of the share capital are attributable to Warren E. Buffett and are held by several companies of his group (Berkshire Hathaway Inc., OBH Inc., National Indemnity Co.). According to the notification dated 15.10.2010 the investment serves the purpose of making trading profits and not of implementing strategic objectives.
(Status as at 31.12.2012)

 

Nearly Free Float 90%

The number of shareholders entered in our shareholders' register amounts to around 148,000 (March 2013).

The free float - increasingly important for the weighting of our shares in share price indices - has grown significantly since 1999, from 45% to nearly 90% now.