Share capital
Auriga’s share capital of DKK 255 million is divided into Class A shares with a nominal value of DKK 75 million and Class B shares with a nominal value of DKK 180 million.
Class A shares are non-negotiable and carry ten votes per share, while Class B shares carry one vote per share of DKK 10.
At the end of the year, a total of 6,500 shareholders were registered in the register of shareholders, representing 87 per cent of the share capital.
The Aarhus University Research Foundation owns all Class A shares, while the following three shareholders own more than 5 per cent of the company's capital or voting rights (covered by Section 28 of the Danish Companies Act (Aktieselskabsloven)):
| The Aarhus University Research Foundation, Aarhus, Denmark |
41.60%
|
| The Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension Fund (ATP), Hillerød, Denmark |
12.63%
|
| The Employees' Capital Pension Fund (LD), Copenhagen, Denmark |
6.46% | As at December 31, 2007, Auriga held a total of 815,680 treasury shares, corresponding to just under 3.2 per cent of the share capital. The company did not trade treasury shares in 2007.
|
Insider share ownership |
No. of shares |
Market value in DKK |
| Group Board of Directors |
11,066 (8,572 ) |
1,005,899 (1,357,719) |
| Group Board of Executives |
2,7378,657 (8,657) |
248,793 (1,371,182 ) |
| All insiders |
128,976 (137,436) |
11,723,918 (21,768,488 ) |
Figures in brackets are figures for 2006
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