Obligation to Notify
As at 31 December 2022, 77% of the registered shares have been hold by Swiss shareholders. Thereof:
- Private individuals: 36%
- Institutional investors: 41%
As at 31 December 2022, 23% of the registered shares have been hold by foreign shareholders. Thereof:
- Private individuals: 5%
- Institutional investors: 18%
As of 31 December 2022, one shareholder had shareholdings above 5%. Impax Asset Management Limited, London (Great Britain), had shareholdings of 5.01%, according to the last disclosure notification published on 4 March 2020. Four shareholders had shareholdings of between 3% and 5%. The BlackRock Group, held directly or indirectly by BlackRock Inc., New York (USA), had shareholdings of 4.88%, according to the last disclosure notification published on 22 April 2022. Swisscanto Fondsleitung AG, Zurich (Switzerland), had shareholdings of 3.0357%, according to the last disclosure notification published on 25 June 2022. Credit Suisse Funds AG, Zurich (Switzerland), had shareholdings of 3.02%, according to the last disclosure notification published on 17 March 2022. Furthermore, UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Zurich (Switzerland), had shareholdings of 3.01%, according to the last disclosure notification published on 23 September 2021.
In the year under review, six disclosure notifications were published, with four of the filings relating to BlackRock Inc., New York (USA), and one each to Credit Suisse Funds AG, Zurich (Switzerland) and Swisscanto Fondsleitungs AG, Zurich (Switzerland).
Management Transactions
The disclosure of management transactions promotes the provision of information to investors and contributes to the prevention and prosecution of market abuse.
The provisions regarding the disclosure of management transactions impose on issuers to report transactions concluded by members of their board of directors and executive committee in the given company's equity securities, convertible and purchase rights on the company's shares, and financial instruments whose price is materially dependent on the company's own equity securities.
Members of the board of directors and executive committee must report to their issuing company all transactions that fall within the scope of these regulations within two trading days.
GF must submit SIX Exchange Regulation within three further trading days a report that discloses, among other things, the name and function of the individual (i.e. executive member of the board of directors, member of the executive committee, or non-executive member of the board). SIX Exchange Regulation will then publish the report on its Website without the individual's name, however with an indication of the given individual's function.
The significant shareholders are published on the website of SIX Swiss Exchange.