Significant shareholders and shareholder structure

Registered shareholders by type

as of 31 December 2012

Registered shareholders by type (pie chart)

Under the Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (SESTA), anyone holding shares in a company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange is required to notify the company and the SIX Swiss Exchange if their direct or indirect holding reaches, falls below or exceeds the following thresholds: 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33⅓%, 50% or 66⅔% of the voting rights entered into the commercial register, whether or not the voting rights can be exercised. Notifications must also include financial instruments, regardless of whether cash or physically settled, constituting a purchase or a sale position. Upon receipt of such notifications, the company is required to inform the public. The following table provides a summary of the current disclosure notifications. In line with the SESTA requirements, the percentages indicated were calculated in relation to the share capital reflected in the commercial register at the time of the respective notification.

Significant shareholders

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Shareholder1

Number of
shares

% of voting rights and share capital

Creation of the obligation to notify

1

= In the context of Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd’s issuance of Perpetual Subordinated Capital Instruments with a face value of USD 750 million with a stock settlement in registered shares of Swiss Re Ltd, Aquarius + Investments plc ("Aquarius") reported in compliance with the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading and the Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange Ordinance - FINMA, SESTO-FINMA) a disclosable purchase and a sales position each corresponding to 6.32% of the voting rights. Aquarius does not hold any registered shares of Swiss Re Ltd.

Franklin Resources, Inc.

18 277 452

4.93

2 August 2012

Dodge & Cox

12 639 368

3.48

10 June 2011

MFS Investment Management

11 485 890

3.16

10 June 2011

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

11 262 000

3.10

10 June 2011

BlackRock, Inc.

11 134 246

3.09

26 September 2011

Registered shareholdings by country

as of 31 December 2012

Registered shareholdings by country (pie chart)

In addition, Swiss Re Ltd and Group companies held, as of 31 December 2012, directly and indirectly, 27 560 372 shares, representing 7.4% of voting rights and share capital. Neither the company nor the Group companies can exercise the voting rights of the own shares they hold themselves. All notifications received in 2012 are published at Disclosure of shareholdings and at Major shareholders.

Shareholder structure

Registered – unregistered shares

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As of 31 December 2012

Shares

in %

1

Without shares held by Swiss Re Ltd and Group companies

Shares registered in the share register1

199 866 789

53.9

Unregistered shares1

143 279 770

38.7

Shares held by Swiss Re

27 560 372

7.4

Total shares issued

370 706 931

100.0

Registered shares with voting rights by shareholder type

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As of 31 December 2012

Shareholders

in %

Shares

in %

Individual shareholders

52 073

88.7

40 947 141

20.5

Swiss Re employees

3 428

5.8

6 415 572

3.2

Total individual shareholders

55 501

94.5

47 362 713

23.7

Institutional shareholders

3 221

5.5

152 504 076

76.3

Total

58 722

100.0

199 866 789

100.0

Registered shares with voting rights by country

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As of 31 December 2012

Shareholders

in %

Shares

in %

Switzerland

53 231

90.7

89 938 981

45.0

United Kingdom

594

1.0

45 958 094

23.0

USA

436

0.7

37 041 441

18.5

Other

4 461

7.6

26 928 273

13.5

Total

58 722

100.0

199 866 789

100.0

Registered shares with voting rights by size of holding

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As of 31 December 2012

Shareholders

in %

Shares

in %

Holdings of 1 – 2 000 shares

53 453

91.0

22 200 855

11.1

Holdings of 2 001 – 200 000 shares

5 171

8.8

48 985 559

24.5

Holdings of > 200 000 shares

98

0.2

128 680 375

64.4

Total

58 722

100.0

199 866 789

100.0

Cross-shareholdings

Swiss Re has no cross-shareholdings in excess of 5% of capital or voting rights with any other company.