Shares registered in the share ledger as of December 31, 2007
The shares registered in the share ledger as of December 31, 2007, were owned by 107,660 shareholders, of whom 102,074 were private individuals holding 18.7% of the registered shares (or 11.7% of all outstanding shares), 2,124 were foundations and pension funds holding 7.1% of the registered shares (or 4.4% of all outstanding shares), and 3,462 were other legal entities holding 74.2% of the registered shares (or 46.3% of all outstanding shares).
Disclosure of shareholdings according to article 20 of Swiss Stock Exchange Law
Due to changes in the Swiss Stock exchange regulations as of December 1, 2007 Zurich Financial Services announced that its holding of own shares exceeded the threshold of 3% of voting rights. In total 4,515,259 registered shares were held, which, based on the share capital registered with the Commercial Register, reflect 3.12% of the share capital and voting rights of Zurich Financial Services. The shareholding includes 1,055,939 own shares that are held through Zurich Group Holding to meet obligations under various employee share and option plans as well as 3,432,500 own shares acquired in 2007 in connection with the completed share buyback program. In the scope of existing employee option plans Zurich Group Holding has granted to employees 1’509’810 call options for Zurich Financial Services shares. This sale position equals 1.04% of the share capital and voting rights of Zurich Financial Services based on the share capital registered with the Commercial Register.
On April 25, 2008, JPMorgan Chase & Co, 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 100017, USA, informed Zurich Financial Services that as of April 18, 2008, it has exceeded along with its subsidiaries the threshold of 3% by holding a purchase position of 3.20% (containing registered shares, long call options and short put options) of the share capital and the voting rights of Zurich Financial Services entered in the Commercial Register. Furthermore it reported a sale position in Zurich Financial Services shares (containing long put options and short call options) which equals 2.26% of the share capital and the voting rights entered in the Commercial register.
On February 8, 2008, Barclays Plc, 1 Churchill Place, London, United Kingdom, informed Zurich Financial Services that as of December 1, 2007 it has exceeded along with its subsidiaries the threshold of 3% by holding a purchase position of 4.25% of the share capital and the voting rights of Zurich Financial Services entered in the Commercial Register.
