As at 31 December 2009, 80 percent of the registered shares were held by Swiss nationals (42 percent by private individuals and 38 percent by legal entities). The remaining 20 percent of registered shares are held by foreigners (3 percent by private individuals and 17 percent by legal entities). As at year-end 2008 one shareholder owned more than five percent of the shares. According to an announcement of BDS Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG, completely controlled by Prof. Dr. Giorgio Behr, it held 6.36 percent of voting rights in Georg Fischer Ltd as per 27 November 2008. The package consisted of 211,000 shares, equivalent to 5.15 percent of share capital, and 50,000 options, equivalent to 1.21 percent of share capital According to the announcement of UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, 4002 Basel, as at 16 June 2009 it held 3.09% of the voting rights of Georg Fischer AG.
