6 Information on shareholdings
6.1 Equity holdings of the members of the Board of Directors
The shareholdings of the members of the Board of Directors are verified by the external statutory auditors within the scope of the audit of the statutory Annual Financial Statements of Bystronic AG. The following table lists the shareholdings of the individual members of the Board of Directors and of related parties.
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(audited) |
31.12.2023 |
31.12.2022 |
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Since |
Class A registered shares 1 |
Class B registered shares 2 |
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Class A registered shares 1 |
Class B registered shares 2 |
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Member of the Board of Directors |
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freely tradable |
blocked 3 |
total |
freely tradable |
|
freely tradable |
blocked 3 |
total |
freely tradable |
|
|
Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner Chairman |
2021 |
0 |
303 |
303 |
0 |
|
0 |
40 |
40 |
0 |
|
|
Dr. Roland Abt Member |
2014 |
257 |
217 |
474 |
0 |
|
196 |
202 |
398 |
0 |
|
|
Dr. Matthias Auer Member |
1996 |
22,681 |
217 |
22,898 |
1,008 |
|
22,409 |
202 |
22,611 |
1,008 |
|
|
Inge Delobelle Member |
2022 |
0 |
76 |
76 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Urs Riedener Member |
2014 |
257 |
217 |
474 |
0 |
|
196 |
202 |
398 |
0 |
|
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Felix Schmidheiny Member |
2023 |
41,000 |
0 |
41,000 |
0 |
|
41,000 |
0 |
41,000 |
0 |
|
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Robert F. Spoerry Member |
1996 |
7,404 |
217 |
7,621 |
148 |
|
7,343 |
202 |
7,545 |
148 |
|
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Eva Zauke Member |
2023 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Total members of the Board of Directors |
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71,599 |
1,247 |
72,846 |
1,156 |
|
71,144 |
848 |
71,992 |
1,156 |
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1 Class A registered shares have a par value of CHF 2.00, carry one voting right, and are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
2 Class B registered shares have a par value of CHF 0.40, carry one voting right, and are not traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
3 These figures refer to the shares allocated as a base fee over the past four terms of office. They carry voting and dividend rights.
Dr. Matthias Auer, Felix Schmidheiny, and Robert F. Spoerry hold further registered shares under a shareholder agreement within the Auer, Schmidheiny, and Spoerry shareholder group.
The terms of ownership according to the share ownership guidelines are fully met by all members of the Board of Directors.
6.2 Equity holdings of the members of the Executive Committee
The shareholdings of the members of the Executive Committee are verified by the external statutory auditors within the scope of the audit of the statutory Annual Financial Statements of Bystronic AG. The following table indicates the shareholdings of the individual members of the Executive Committee and of related parties.
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(audited) |
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31.12.2023 |
31.12.2022 |
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Since 1 |
Class A registered shares 2 |
Entitlement to class A registered shares / PSU & RSU 3 |
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Class A registered shares 2 |
Entitlement to class A registered shares / RSU 4 |
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Member of the Executive Committee |
|
freely tradable |
blocked |
|
total |
vested |
|
freely tradable |
blocked |
|
total |
vested |
|
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Alex Waser (CEO) |
2013 |
943 |
305 |
5 |
1,248 |
362 |
|
578 |
670 |
5 |
1,248 |
0 |
|
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Beat Neukom (CFO) |
2021 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
296 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
88 |
|
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Johan Elster |
2021 |
92 |
0 |
|
92 |
217 |
|
69 |
0 |
|
69 |
120 |
|
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John-Paul Surdo |
2023 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
94 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
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Robert St. Aubin 6 |
2021 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
110 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
112 |
|
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Norbert Seo |
2021 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
213 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
96 |
|
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Dr. Song You |
2021 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
285 |
|
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
148 |
|
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Eamon Doherty |
2021 |
52 |
0 |
|
52 |
211 |
|
33 |
0 |
|
33 |
106 |
|
|
Alberto Martinez |
2022 |
50 |
0 |
|
50 |
215 |
|
32 |
0 |
|
32 |
106 |
|
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Total |
|
1,137 |
305 |
|
1,442 |
2,003 |
|
712 |
670 |
|
1,382 |
776 |
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1 Year of joining the Group Executive Board of Bystronic and Conzzeta.
2 Class A registered shares have a nominal value of CHF 2.00 and carry one voting right; they are traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange.
3 These figures pertain to the entitlements granted under the new Performance Share Unit (PSU) Plan and the entitlements granted under the replaced Restricted Share Unit (RSU) Plan during the reporting year. For a description of the conditions for the vesting of PSUs, please see Section 3.2.3.
Restricted Share Units (RSU) represent a conditional right to receive one registered share free of charge at the end of a three-year vesting period, provided that the employment relationship is ongoing. For a detailed description of the plan, please refer to the 2022 Compensation Report.
Both PSUs and RSUs do not confer any voting or dividend rights and cannot be traded.
4 These figures pertain to entitlements granted under the Restricted Share Unit (RSU) Plan, which was replaced this reporting year. RSUs represent a conditional right to receive one registered share free of charge at the end of a three-year vesting period, provided that the employment relationship is ongoing. For a detailed description of the plan, please refer to the 2022 Compensation Report. The RSUs do not confer any voting or dividend rights and cannot be traded.
5 This figure pertains to shares allocated under the Restricted Share Plan (RSP). They carry voting and dividend rights.
6 Robert St. Aubin stepped down from his position as of 31.12.2023. The information about his right for shares from PSU and RSU as of 31.12.2023 relate to his remaining entitlement.