Significant Shareholders
To the knowledge of the Company the shareholders owning more than 3% of its share capital as at 31 December 2023, or at the date of their last notification as per Article 120, al. 1 of the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FinMIA) were Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (acting through Serena SARL and URDAC) with 19.31% (December 2022: 19.11%) of the share capital and voting rights of the Company, BlackRock Inc. with 5.18% (December 2022: 5.18%) and UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) with 3.03% (December 2022: below 3%). As at 31 December 2023, the SGS Group held 1.64% of the share capital of the Company (December 2022: 1.68%).
During 2023, the Company has published regularly on the electronic platform of the Disclosure Office of the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd all disclosure notifications received from shareholders of transactions subject to the disclosure obligations of Article 120, al. 1 of FinMIA. During 2023, the Company published a total of two reports regarding the composition of its significant shareholders to the Disclosure Office of the SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd.