Shareholder Structure
At the beginning of 2008, we conducted a shareholder survey covering 82 % of our subscribed capital. 97 % of the ordinary shares and 67 % of the preference shares were identified.
According to this survey, 204 institutional investors held about 70.0 million shares. This was split into 21.7 million ordinary shares and 48,3 million preference shares. 0.9 million ordinary shares and 3.3 million preference shares were identified as retail holdings. The top ten investors hold approximately 15 % of the ordinary share capital and approximately 28 % of the preference share capital.
The geographical distribution of the Fresenius shares became more international in 2007. Approximately 13 % of the preference shares and approximately 9 % of the ordinary shares are held by US investors (2006: 11 % and 6 %, respectively). Investors in Great Britain hold about 24 % of the preference shares and about 9 % of the ordinary shares (2006: 22 % and 6 %, respectively). The relative weight of German investors declined: approximately 17 % of the preference shares are held by German investors (2006: 23 %). The figure for the ordinary shares is about 4 % (2006: 7 %).
Holders of Preference Shares
Holders of Ordinary Shares
Largest shareholders of the ordinary share capital:
The Else Kröner-Fresenius-Foundation is Fresenius’ largest shareholder with about 60 % of the voting shares. According to Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG the company holds between 5 and 10 % of the voting shares.
Full text of the publications:
2008
| 04.07.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 30.05.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 23.05.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 25.04.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 07.03.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 08.02.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 30.01.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |
| 18.01.2008 | notification published in accordance with § 21 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) (PDF, 13 KB) |