As of March 31, 2021 the shareholdings of registered shareholders were distributed as follows:
| Number of shares | Registered shareholders 31.3.2021 | Registered shareholders 31.3.2020 |
| 1-100 | 9,321 | 8,340 |
| 101–1,000 | 8,201 | 7,780 |
| 1,001–10,000 | 1,322 | 1,074 |
| 10,001–100,000 | 211 | 211 |
| 100,001–1,000,000 | 34 | 37 |
| >1,000,000 | 8 | 7 |
| Total registered shareholders | 19,102 | 17,449 |
| 20211) | 20211) | 20201) | 20201) | |
| No. of shares | in % | No. of shares | in % | |
| Beda Diethelm2) | 6,710,440 | 10.42 | 6,667,002 | 10.35 |
| Family of Hans-Ueli Rihs2)3) | 3,692,049 | 5.73 | 3,679,600 | 5.71 |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 3,334,392 | 5.10 | 3,334,392 | 5.10 |
| UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG | 1,948,684 | 3.03 | n/a | < 3 |
| Harding Loevner LP4) | n/a | < 3 | 1,972,763 | 3.02 |
| FIL Limited4) | n/a | < 3 | 1,969,770 | 3.01 |
1) Or at last reported date if shareholdings are not registered in the share register.
2) Beda Diethelm and Hans-Ueli Rihs were already shareholders before the Initial Public Offering in November 1994. There are no shareholders’ agreements among these individuals and they can trade freely.
3) Hans-Ulrich Rihs, Gabriela Rihs and Stefan Rihs as a group jointly control 3,692,049 registered shares (corresponding to 5.73% of total Sonova share capital) pursuant to the last disclosure notice. These shares were previously controlled by Hans-Ulrich Rihs as a single shareholder.
4) In 2020, Sonova reported according to Art. 20 of the Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading (Stock Exchange Act, SESTA) the sales of shares by FIL Limited and Harding Loevner LP reducing their holdings to less than 3%.
Information on shareholders of Sonova Holding AG who reported shareholdings of more than 3% or a reduction of shareholdings below 3% in the financial year 2020/21 can be found on the website of the Disclosure Office of the SIX Swiss Exchange.
Sonova Holding AG has no cross-shareholdings with other companies.