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Shareholder Structure

As of December 31, 2010, 146,900 shareholders were listed in our share register.

		2010				2009
		Number of shareholders	%	Number of shares	%	Number of shareholders	%	Number of shares	%
Distribution of Group shares
	Swiss	129,333	88	110,771,741	9	132,304	92	106,500,019	9
	Foreign	12,096	8	11,852,180	1	5,790	4	6,835,913	1
Private investors		141,429	96	122,623,921	10	138,094	96	113,335,932	10
	Swiss	4,645	3	133,663,669	11	4,637	3	121,043,988	10
	Foreign	826	1	517,265,377	44	991	1	501,610,878	42
Institutional investors		5,471	4	650,929,046	55	5,628	4	622,654,866	53
Shares registered in share register		146,900	100	773,552,967	65	143,722	100	735,990,798	62
	of which Switzerland	133,978	91	244,435,410	21	136,941	95	227,544,007	19
	of which Europe	11,404	8	266,308,720	22	5,266	4	332,221,873	28
	of which US	259	0	162,486,114	14	329	0	106,675,117	9
	of which Other	1,259	1	100,322,723	8	1,186	1	69,549,801	6
Shares not registered in share register		-	-	412,621,475	35	-	-	449,379,384	38
Total shares issued		-	-	1,186,174,442	100	-	-	1,185,370,182	100

	2010				2009
	Number of shareholders	%	Number of shares	%	Number of shareholders	%	Number of shares	%
Institutional investors by industry
Banks	44	0	2,149,606	0	49	0	2,276,369	0
Insurance companies	104	0	11,543,941	1	98	0	7,770,558	1
Pension funds	961	1	32,465,565	3	1,107	1	38,868,206	3
Investment trusts	400	0	71,096,802	6	424	0	73,710,776	6
Other trusts	856	1	6,277,961	1	824	1	3,819,398	0
Governmental institutions	12	0	5,964,710	1	9	0	9,091,148	1
Other	2,877	2	169,526,525	14	2,897	2	148,663,825	13
Direct entries	5,254	4	299,025,110	25	5,408	4	284,200,280	24
Fiduciary holdings	217	0	351,903,936	30	220	0	338,454,586	29
Total institutional investors	5,471	4	650,929,046	55	5,628	4	622,654,866	53