Shareholder structure
Broad base of international shareholders
AkzoNobel, which has a 100 percent free float, has a broad base of international shareholders. Based on an independent shareholder identification survey carried out in November 2015, the chart below shows the geographical spread. Around 8 percent of the company’s share capital is held by private investors, many of whom are resident in the Netherlands.
Around 9 percent of the company’s share capital is held by sustainable and responsible investors.*
Distribution of shares 2015

Distribution of shares 2014

* As calculated by Nasdaq, according to their methodology which is to include the sum of:
- Core sustainable and responsible investor firms where 100 percent of equity assets are managed with an ESG approach
- Sustainable and responsible investor themed funds managed by broad sustainable and responsible investors