Gschäftsbericht 2018

Galenica Ltd. financial statements 2018 | 135 Finance Notes to the financial statements of Galenica Ltd. Treasury shares Galenica shares owned by subsidiaries: Number in CHF As at 13 February 2017 — — 1 st quarter 2017 – Bought — — – Sold — — 2 nd quarter 2017 – Bought 1,056,064 41,186,496 – Sold — — 3 rd quarter 2017 – Bought 124 5,704 – Sold (64,328) (2,885,111) 4 th quarter 2017 – Bought 783 36,701 – Sold — — As at 31 December 2017 992,643 38,343,790 1 st quarter 2018 – Bought 1,556 75,455 – Sold (65,489) (3,114,103) 2 nd quarter 2018 – Bought 1,906 100,015 – Sold (37,432) (1,826,834) 3 rd quarter 2018 – Bought 1,906 105,163 – Sold (72,157) (3,942,658) 4 th quarter 2018 – Bought 480 23,736 – Sold — — As at 31 December 2018 823,413 29,764,564 The treasury shares are reserved for share-based payments to employees. Contingent liabilities At 31 December 2018, total contingent liabilities amounted to CHF 724.8 million (previous year: CHF 621.5 million), includ- ing issued guarantees to Group companies of CHF 594.5 million (previous year: CHF 491.3 million) as well as CHF 130.0 million (previous year: CHF 130.0 million) for guarantees to secure intraday transactions in connection with the zero balance cash pooling. Major shareholders Number of shares % of share capital As at 31 December 2018 UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Switzerland 2,482,860 5.0 BlackRock Inc., USA 2,239,120 1) 4.9 Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, Sweden 2,000,000 4.0 Credit Suisse Funds AG, Switzerland 1,626,752 3.3 Rudolf Maag, Switzerland 1,500,000 3.0 As at 31 December 2017 BlackRock Inc., USA 2,787,758 1) 5.9 Alecta Pensionsförsäkring, Sweden 2,000,000 4.0 Credit Suisse Funds AG, Switzerland 1,626,752 3.3 Capital Research and Management Company, USA  2) 1,600,000 3.2 Pictet Asset Management SA, Switzerland 1,524,569 3.1 UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG, Switzerland 1,522,408 3.0 Rudolf Maag, Switzerland 1,500,000 3.0 1) Options not considered 2) Beneficial owners: The Capital Group Companies, Inc., USA No other shareholder has announced a crossing of the 3% threshold of shares.