9 Major shareholders

As of 31 December 2015, there was one shareholder with a participation exceeding the 3% threshold of Swiss Re Ltd’s share capital:

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Shareholders

Number of shares

% of voting rights and share capital¹

Creation of the obligation to notify

¹	The percentage of voting rights is calculated at the date the obligation was created and notified.

BlackRock, Inc.

18 300 365

4.96

30 April 2015

In addition, Swiss Re Ltd held, as of 31 December 2015, directly and indirectly 32 967 226 (2014: 28 508 013) own shares, representing 8.89% (2014: 7.69%) of voting rights and share capital. Swiss Re Ltd cannot exercise the voting rights of own shares held.