Significant shareholders and shareholder structure
Significant shareholders
The following table provides a summary of the disclosure notifications of major shareholders holding more than 3% of voting rights:
Shareholder |
Number of shares |
% of voting rights and share capital |
Creation of the obligation to notify |
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BlackRock, Inc. |
17 108 297 |
5.05 |
27 May 2019 |
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All notifications received in 2019 are published at www.swissre.com/disclosureofshareholdings
Shareholder structure
Registered shareholdings by type
As of 31 December 2019
Registered shareholdings by country
As of 31 December 2019
As of 31 December 2019 |
Shares |
in % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Registered shares2 |
167 993 029 |
51.3 |
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Unregistered shares2 |
122 661 913 |
37.5 |
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Shares held by Swiss Re |
28 510 762 |
8.7 |
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Share buy-back programme |
8 239 000 |
2.5 |
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Total shares issued |
327 404 704 |
100.0 |
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As of 31 December 2019 |
Shareholders |
in % |
Shares |
in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual shareholders |
73 861 |
87.7 |
48 167 383 |
28.6 |
Swiss Re employees |
6 651 |
7.9 |
6 998 916 |
4.2 |
Total individual shareholders |
80 512 |
95.6 |
55 166 299 |
32.8 |
Institutional shareholders |
3 714 |
4.4 |
112 826 730 |
67.2 |
Total |
84 226 |
100.0 |
167 993 029 |
100.0 |
As of 31 December 2019 |
Shareholders |
in % |
Shares |
in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Switzerland |
72 226 |
85.8 |
95 361 734 |
56.8 |
UK |
1 377 |
1.6 |
32 427 406 |
19.3 |
US |
1 334 |
1.6 |
23 033 818 |
13.7 |
Other |
9 289 |
11.0 |
17 170 071 |
10.2 |
Total |
84 226 |
100.0 |
167 993 029 |
100.0 |
As of 31 December 2019 |
Shareholders |
in % |
Shares |
in % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Holdings of 1–2 000 shares |
78 617 |
93.3 |
28 684 578 |
17.1 |
Holdings of 2 001–200 000 shares |
5 534 |
6.6 |
53 261 244 |
31.7 |
Holdings of > 200 000 shares |
75 |
0.1 |
86 047 207 |
51.2 |
Total |
84 226 |
100.0 |
167 993 029 |
100.0 |
Cross-shareholdings
Swiss Re has no cross-shareholdings in excess of 5% of capital or voting rights with any other company.
More information
More information on the SRL shares, such as the price performance and trading volume in 2019, Swiss Re’s dividend policy and dividends, the share buy-back programme and an overview of the key share statistics since 2014, is included in the section “Share performance” in this Financial Report.