Annual Report 2024

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.

(audited)

31.12.2024

31.12.2023

 

Since

Class A registered shares 1

Class B registered shares 2

Class A registered shares 1

Class B registered shares 2

Member of the Board of Directors

 

freely tradable

blocked 3

total

freely tradable

freely tradable

blocked 3

total

freely tradable

Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner Chairman

2021

0

680

680

0

0

303

303

0

Dr. Roland Abt Member

2014

311

271

582

0

257

217

474

0

Dr. Matthias Auer Member

1996

22,735

271

23,006

1,008

22,681

217

22,898

1,008

Inge Delobelle Member

2022

0

184

184

0

0

76

76

0

Urs Riedener Member

2014

311

271

582

0

257

217

474

0

Felix Schmidheiny Member

2023

41,000

108

41,108

0

41,000

0

41,000

0

Robert F. Spoerry Member

1996

7,458

271

7,729

148

7,404

217

7,621

148

Eva Zauke Member

2023

0

108

108

0

0

0

0

0

Total members of the Board of Directors

 

71,815

2,164

73,979

1,156

71,599

1,247

72,846

1,156

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 Board

The shareholdings of the members of the Executive Board 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 Board and of related parties.

(audited)

 

31.12.2024

31.12.2023

 

Since 1

Class A registered shares 2

Entitlement to class A registered shares / PSU & RSU 3

 

Class A registered shares 2

Entitlement to class A registered shares / RSU 3

 

Member of the Executive Board

 

freely tradable

blocked

 

total

forfeitable

 

freely tradable

blocked

 

total

forfeitable

 

Domenico Iacovelli (CEO)

2024

0

0

 

0

405

 

n.a.

n.a.

 

n.a.

n.a.

 

Beat Neukom (CFO)

2021

0

0

 

0

594

 

0

0

 

0

296

 

Eamon Doherty

2021

86

0

 

86

343

 

52

0

 

52

211

 

Alberto Martinez

2022

84

0

 

84

351

 

50

0

 

50

215

 

Total

 

170

0

 

170

1,693

 

102

0

 

102

722

 

1 Year of joining the Group Executive Board of Bystronic.

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.

7 Information on functions in other companies and associations 5 Compensation of the Executive Committee