At the end of August 2016, Chr. Hansen had around 22,000 institutional and private shareholders, three of which each held more than 5% of the shares.
Other institutional investors, primarily from the UK and the US, held around 50%, while retail investors held around 5%. Chr. Hansen held 0.6% in order to meet certain obligations to deliver shares under management incentive programs.
Major shareholders
| DATE | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY |
SHAREHOLDING |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29-03-2012 |
Novo Holdings A/S |
Denmark |
25.7%* |
| 17-05-2016 |
Capital Group Companies |
USA |
10.1% |
| 14-02-2015 |
APG Asset Management N.V. |
The Netherlands |
5.2%* |
*As of August 31. 2016