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Group structure and shareholders

Structure of the Group

Galenica is headquartered at Untermattweg 8, 3027 Bern, Switzerland. It is a corporation under Swiss law and, as a holding company, owns all the companies in the Galenica Group directly or indirectly. Galenica has been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange since 7 April 2017 (ticker symbol: GALE). Shares in Group companies are not publicly traded.

The Group’s structure and the consolidated subsidiaries and associates are shown in the Consolidated financial statements 2022 (Note 31, Group companies). The addresses of the main Group companies as well as the Articles of Association of Galenica, the Organisational Regulations and the charters of the committees of the Board of Directors can be accessed on the Galenica website.

Shareholders

As at 31 December 2022, Galenica had 17,495 shareholders, six of which, according to documents submitted to Galenica and the SIX Swiss Exchange, were major shareholders holding 3% or more of the voting rights in Galenica Ltd.

Major shareholders as at 31 December 2022
(holding 3% or more of the voting rights)

Shareholders

Number of shares

Shares in %

UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Switzerland

2,671,158

5.30

Credit Suisse Funds AG, Switzerland

2,495,385

5.00

Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, Sweden

2,000,000

4.00

BlackRock, Inc., USA

1,579,198

3.20

Swisscanto Fondsleitung AG, Switzerland

1,533,324

3.10

Vontobel Fonds Services AG, Switzerland

1,502,395

3.00

No other shareholder disclosed exceeding the 3% threshold of shares.

The transactions disclosed to the Stock Exchange Disclosure Office pursuant to Article 120 of the Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading (FinMIA) can be viewed on the Disclosure Office website of the SIX Swiss Exchange.

As of 31 December 2022, the pension fund of the Galenica Group was not registered.

Changes since the balance sheet date until the closing date of the Annual report 2022

Vontobel Fonds Services AG, Switzerland, reported falling below the 3.0% threshold on 18 January 2023.

Cross shareholdings

Galenica has no cross shareholdings in companies outside the Galenica Group.

Number of registered shareholders as at 31 December 2022

Number of shares

Shareholders

Shares in %

1 - 100

3,518

0.4%

101 - 1,000

11,556

9.2%

1,001 - 10,000

2,138

11.1%

10,001 - 100,000

231

14.6%

> 100,000

52

33.6%

Total registered shareholders/shares

17,495

68.9%

Unregistered shares

 

31.1%

Total

 

100.0%

Registered shareholders per type as at 31 December 2022

 

Shareholders in %

Shares in %

Individual Shareholders

94.6%

31.7%

Legal entities

5.4%

68.3%

Total

100.0%

100.0%

Registered shareholders per country as at 31 December 2022

 

Shareholders in %

Shares in %

Switzerland

96.0%

77.6%

Germany

2.0%

1.0%

USA

0.1%

3.4%

GB

0.2%

14.4%

Other countries

1.7%

3.6%

Total

100.0%

100.0%

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