Annual Report 2025

6 Information on shareholdings

6.1 Equity holdings of the members of the Board of Directors

The shareholdings of 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.

Equity holding of members of the Board of Directors (audited)

31.12.2025

31.12.2024

 

Since

Class A registered shares 1

Class B registered shares 2

Class A registered shares 1

Class B registered shares 2

 

 

freely tradable

blocked 3

total

freely tradable

freely tradable

blocked 3

total

freely tradable

Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner Chairman

2021

0

1,233

1,233

0

0

680

680

0

Dr. Roland Abt Member

2014

358

382

740

0

311

271

582

0

Dr. Matthias Auer Member

1996

22,893

382

23,275

1,008

22,735

271

23,006

1,008

Inge Delobelle Member

2022

0

342

342

0

0

184

184

0

Urs Riedener Member

2014

358

382

740

0

311

271

582

0

Felix Schmidheiny Member

2023

71,000

266

71,266

0

41,000

108

41,108

0

Robert F. Spoerry Member

1996

7,858

382

8,240

148

7,458

271

7,729

148

Eva Zauke Member

2023

0

266

266

0

0

108

108

0

Total members of the Board of Directors

 

102,467

3,635

106,102

1,156

71,815

2,164

73,979

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 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.

Equity holding of members of the Executive Committee (audited)

 

31.12.2025

31.12.2024

 

Since 1

Class A registered shares 2

Entitlement to class A registered shares / PSU 3

 

Class A registered shares 2

Entitlement to class A registered shares / PSU & RSU 3

 

 

 

freely tradable

blocked

 

total

forfeitable

 

freely tradable

blocked

 

total

forfeitable

 

Domenico Iacovelli (CEO)

2024

0

0

 

0

1,433

 

0

0

 

0

405

 

Dr. Javier Perez (CFO)

2025

30

0

 

30

36

 

n.a.

n.a.

 

n.a.

n.a.

 

Wilfried de Backer

2025

0

0

 

0

85

 

n.a.

n.a.

 

n.a.

n.a.

 

Alberto Martinez

2022

138

0

 

138

614

 

84

0

 

84

351

 

Total members of the Executive Committee

 

168

0

 

168

2,168

 

84

0

 

84

756

 

1 Year of joining the Group Executive Committee 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 Performance Share Unit (PSU) Plan and the entitlements granted under the former Restricted Share Unit (RSU) Plan. For a description of the conditions for the vesting of PSUs, 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.

  Neither PSUs or RSUs 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