Share Structure
Investor’s share capital amounted to SEK 4,795 m. on December 31, 2009, each with a par value of SEK 6.25.
The ownership structure remains concentrated in general. In terms of numbers, the largest category of shareholders is private investors, amounting to 126.627. In terms of the percentage of shares owned, institutional owners dominate, with 87 percent of the capital held by 16.964 insitutional owners.
The largest single shareholder category is foundations, of which the three largest Wallenberg-foundations combined own 22,3 percent of the capital and 48,0 percent of the votes.
The proportion of foreign shareholders was 28 percent at year-end 2009. Foreign owners own primarily class B shares. US-based owners hold the largest number of shares outside Sweden, with 11 percent of the share capital.
Structure of share capital, 12/31 2009
| Class of share |
Numger of shares |
Number of voting rights |
% of capital |
% of votes |
| A 1 vote |
311 690 844 |
311 690 844 |
40,6 |
87,2 |
| B 1/10 vote |
455 484 186 |
45 548 418 |
59,4 |
12,8 |
| Total |
767 175 030 |
357 239 262 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
Shareholder statstics according to VPC, 12/31 2009*
| Size of holding |
Number of shareholders |
Total number of shares as
% of share capital |
| 1-500 |
100 872 |
2,05 |
| 501-1 000 |
19 063 |
2,02 |
| 1 001-5 000 |
18 506 |
5,50 |
| 5 001-10 000 |
2 539 |
2,43 |
| 10 001-15 000 |
795 |
1,29 |
| 15 001-20 000 |
388 |
0,90 |
| 20 001- |
1 428 |
85,85 |
| Total |
143 593 |
100 |
* Directly registered or registered in the name of nominees.
Information updated 2010-04-27 09:21:29