Share Ownership
Major Shareholders
Top 10 Largest Shareholders*
As of December 31, 2022
Shareholder | Shares Held
(thousands of shares) |
Shareholding Percentage
(%) |
Voting Interest
(%) |
---|---|---|---|
Roche Holding Ltd | 1,005,670 | 61.13 | 61.14 |
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 148,700 | 9.03 | 9.04 |
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 61,476 | 3.73 | 3.73 |
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. | 19,524 | 1.18 | 1.18 |
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd. | 15,441 | 0.93 | 0.93 |
STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT - TREATY 505234 | 14,445 | 0.87 | 0.87 |
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 | 14,111 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) SUB A/C AMERICAN CLIENTS | 11,266 | 0.68 | 0.68 |
SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | 9,000 | 0.54 | 0.54 |
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 | 8,755 | 0.53 | 0.53 |
*The Company is excluded from the ten major shareholders listed in the table above, although the Company holds 34,037,098 shares of treasury stock.
Ownership Profile

Ownership Profile | Shares
(thousands of shares) |
Shareholding Percentage
(%) |
Shareholders |
---|---|---|---|
Roche Holding Ltd | 1,005,670 | 59.89 | 1 |
Financial Institutions (Trust Banks, Insurance Companies) | 251,355 | 14.97 | 93 |
Foreign Corporations except Roche | 251,153 | 14.95 | 1,073 |
Individuals and Other | 72,088 | 4.29 | 81,830 |
Financial Instruments Firm (Securities Firms) | 55,672 | 3.31 | 61 |
Other Corporations | 9,079 | 0.54 | 516 |
Treasury stock | 34,037 | 2.02 | 1 |
Number of Shareholders

Purchase of Treasury Stock
Acquisition Period | Shares Acquired
(thousands of shares) |
Total Acquisition Cost (Yen) | Average Cost per Share (Yen) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Feb. 8 - Mar. 20 | 9,500 | 27,583,568,000 | 2,904 |
2004 | Oct. 10 - Nov. 16 | 1,000 | 1,642,702,200 | 1,643 |
2003 | Aug. 28 - Sep. 5 | 800 | 1,024,559,600 | 1,281 |
Jul. 28 | 2,000 | 2,780,000,000 | 1,390 | |
Jun. 26 | 1,500 | 2,044,500,000 | 1,363 |