Shareholders
At 31 December 2012 the shares issued of € 1 nominal value each were 1,556,873,283, of which 16,129,903 were held by the Parent company and other Group companies. On the same date approximately 280,000 shareholders were listed in the Parent company’s register of members.
At the end of 2012 the following subjects held - either directly or indirectly through third parties, trustees and subsidiaries – more than 2% of the share capital:
Shareholders | Number of share | Percentage of share capital |
---|---|---|
MEDIOBANCA GROUP | 206,095,172 | 13.2% |
BANCA D'ITALIA | 69,879,535 | 4.5% |
LEONARDO DEL VECCHIO | 46,653,584 | 3.0% |
DE AGOSTINI GROUP - B&D HOLDING | 37,890,000 | 2.4% |
CALTAGIRONE GROUP | 34,750,000 | 2.2% |
EFFETI S.p.A. | 33,489,587 | 2.2% |
At 31 December 2012 the closing price of Generali shares was € 13.74. Since the beginning of 2012 the shares have hit their lowest level at € 8.22 on 31 May 2012 and their maximum of € 13.82 on 21 December 2012.
The market capitalization at 31 December 2012 was € 21,391 million, a value that confirms Generali as one of the top insurance companies in Europe in terms of capitalization.