Financial Report

11Major shareholders

Based on the available information, the following shareholders are considered significant shareholders in accordance with Art. 120 of the Swiss Federal Act on Financial Market Infrastructures and Market Conduct in Securities and Derivatives Trading (the “FMIA”) (> 3% of the registered share capital).
The number of shares shown in tables and the holding percentages are based on the last disclosure of shareholding communicated by the respective shareholder to the Company and the Disclosure Office of SIX Exchange Regulation (SER). The number of shares held by the relevant shareholder may have changed since the date of such shareholder’s notification.

Major shareholders 2023:

Shareholder (beneficial owner / direct shareholder)

Number of shares

Percentage of voting rights

Cryosphere Foundation (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) / Draupnir Holding B.V. (Hoofddorp, The Netherlands) 1)

18,582,406

56.10%

Premier Fund Managers Limited (Guildford, Surrey, UK) 2)

1,712,407

5.17%

Premier Portfolio Managers Limited (Guildford, Surrey, UK) /

 

 

Premier Miton European Opportunities Fund 3)

1,633,000

4.93%

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Baltimore, MD, USA) 4)

Rudolf Maag (Binningen BL, Switzerland) 5)

1,100,000

3.32%

PRIMECAP Management Company (Pasadena, CA, USA) / PRIMECAP Odyssey Aggressive Growth Fund (Pasadena, CA, USA) 6)

1,061,016

3.20%

Total important shareholders

24,088,829

72.72%

1 Disclosure notice of 9 December 2022. The disclosure notice included shares held by the Company (PolyPeptide Group AG, Baar, Zug, Switzerland) as well as sale positions by the Company pursuant to the long-term incentive plan representing 0.03% of voting rights corresponding to the maximum award of 9,909 performance share units. As at 31 December 2023, the Company was a 55.47% subsidiary of Draupnir Holding B.V., a company registered in The Netherlands. Draupnir Holding B.V.'s ultimate parent entity is Cryosphere Foundation (St. Peter Port, Guernsey; formerly known as Foundation Mamont), a foundation registered on Guernsey of which Mr. Frederik Paulsen (1006 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland) is at present the principal beneficiary pursuant to the charter of the foundation governed by the laws of Guernsey.

2 Disclosure notice of 18 March 2023.

3 Disclosure notice of 18 March 2023.

4 Disclosure notice of 13 December 2022. The company received an updated disclosure notice of 10 January 2023 indicating that the reported shareholding had fallen below 3%.

5 Disclosure notice of 4 May 2021.

6 Disclosure notice of 30 March 2023.

Major shareholders 2022:

Shareholder (beneficial owner / direct shareholder)

Number of shares

Percentage of voting rights

Cryosphere Foundation (St. Peter Port, Guernsey) / Draupnir Holding B.V. (Hoofddorp, The Netherlands) 1)

18,582,406

56.10%

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Baltimore, USA) 2)

1,430,263

4.31%

Rudolf Maag (Binningen BL, Switzerland) 3)

1,100,000

3.32%

Premier Fund Managers Limited (Guildford, Surrey, UK) 4)

1,073,211

3.24%

Premier Portfolio Managers Limited (Guildford, Surrey, UK) / Premier Miton European Opportunities Fund 5)

1,002,111

3.03%

Total important shareholders

23,187,991

70.00%

1 Disclosure notice of 9 December 2022. The disclosure notice included shares held by the Company (PolyPeptide Group AG, Baar, Zug, Switzerland) as well as sale positions by the Company pursuant to the long-term incentive plan representing 0.03% of voting rights corresponding to the maximum award of 9,909 performance share units. As at 31 December 2022, the Company was a 55.47% subsidiary of Draupnir Holding B.V., a company registered in The Netherlands. Draupnir Holding B.V.'s ultimate parent entity is Cryosphere Foundation (St. Peter Port, Guernsey; formerly known as Foundation Mamont), a foundation registered on Guernsey of which Mr. Frederik Paulsen (1006 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland) is at present the principal beneficiary pursuant to the charter of the foundation governed by the laws of Guernsey.

2 Disclosure notice of 13 December 2022. The Company received an updated disclosure notice of 10 January 2023 indicating that the reported shareholding had fallen below 3%.

3 Disclosure notice of 4 May 2021.

4 Disclosure notice of 9 December 2022.

5 Disclosure notice of 9 December 2022.