Group structure and shareholders
Overview
Comet Holding AG (the “Company”) is a stock corporation with limited liability under Swiss corporate law. It is registered with the commercial register of the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland under company registration number CHE–101.348.386. The registered office is located at Herrengasse 10, 3175 Flamatt, Switzerland. Comet has no publicly traded subsidiaries. Business operations are conducted through the group of companies listed in note 2 of the separate financial statements of Comet Holding AG. All companies are wholly owned by Comet Holding AG (together referred to as the “Group”). The Group’s commercial activities are organized into three divisions, as set out in the notes to the consolidated financial statements (note 4, “Segment reporting”). The registered shares of Comet Holding AG have been listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the International Reporting Standard since December 17, 2002 (ISIN no. CH0360826991). The closing share price on December 31, 2025, of CHF 225.00 (prior year: CHF 248.50) represented a market capitalization of CHF 1,749 million (prior year: CHF 1,932 million).
Significant shareholders
At December 31, 2025, Comet Holding AG, according to published disclosure notifications, had the following significant shareholders (defined for this purpose as shareholders with voting rights of 3% or more of the Company’s share capital recorded in the commercial register):
Beneficial owner | Direct shareholder | Share of voting rights as disclosed by shareholders |
UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG | 10.08% | |
Pictet Asset Management SA (Direction de Fonds) | 5.27% | |
EGS Beteiligungen AG | 5.15% | |
Swisscanto Fondsleitung AG | 3.01% |
At December 31, 2025, the Company had not been notified of any additional shareholders holding 3% or more of the Company’s share capital. The notifications published during the year under review are available on SIX Exchange Regulation’s Disclosure Office platform at www.ser-ag.com/en/resources/notifications-market-participants/significant-shareholders.html, where the issuer-specific page for Comet Holding AG can be accessed. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, there were no voting pool agreements. At December 31, 2025, the Company had no cross-shareholdings (prior year: nil).