Under the Swiss Stock Exchange Act we disclose shareholders that reach, exceed or fall below the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33.33%, 50% or 66.66% of the voting rights. An additional disclosure requirement exists under the Swiss Federal Code of Obligations to disclose shareholders and their shareholdings if they hold more than 5% of all voting rights. This must be made once a year in the annual report.
Investor AB, Stockholm, Sweden
166,330,142 shares
7.2% of total capital and votes
(As of February 13, 2008)
To the best of ABB's knowledge, no other shareholder holds 3% or more of the total voting rights.