Key figures

Shareholder structure

Holding

No. of shareholders

No. of shares

Capital (%)

Votes (%)

1–1,000

92,514

20,514,487

2.9

3.3

1,001–10,000

14,699

39,647,644

5.7

6.3

10,001–20,000

700

9,908,761

1.4

1.4

20,001–

943

632,271,597

90.0

89.1

Total

108,856

702,342,489

100.0

100.0

Source: Euroclear, December 31, 2020

Share distribution

 

Class A

Class B

Total

Number of registered shares

61,735,172

640,607,317

702,342,489

In 2020, 2,199,470 Class A shares were converted to Class B shares at the request of shareholders.

The total number of votes in the company subsequently amounted to 1,257,959,037.

Source: Euroclear, December 31, 2020

Ticker names

Nasdaq Stockholm

ESSITY A, ESSITY B

Bloomberg

ESSITYA:SS, ESSITYB:SS

REUTERS

ESSITYa.ST, ESSITYb.ST

Essity’s largest shareholders

At December 31, 2020, the following companies, foundations and mutual funds were the ten largest registered shareholders based on voting rights:

Shareholders

Votes (%)

Holding (%)

AB Industrivärden

29.3

9.8

AMF Insurance and Funds

7.3

4.4

Norges Bank Investment Management

6.8

4.0

MFS Investment Management

2.7

5.0

Swedbank Robur Funds

2.1

3.7

Skandia

1.8

0.7

SEB Investment Management

1.3

2.4

Handelsbanken Fonder

1.2

2.1

Nordea Investment Funds

1.0

1.8

SCA AB’s and Essity Aktiebolag’s (publ) Employee foundations

0.8

0.1

Other owners

45.7

66.0

Total

100.0

100.0

Essity Aktiebolag (publ) holds no treasury shares.

Source: Euroclear, December 31, 2020

Data per share

All performance measures include items affecting comparability unless otherwise stated.

SEK per share unless otherwise indicated

2020

2019

Earnings per share before and after dilution

14.56

13.12

Adjusted earnings per share1)

15.45

14.69

Average price during the year

294.35

278.28

Closing price, December 31

264.50

301.80

Cash flow from current operations2)

15.91

18.81

Cash flow from operating activities

25.37

27.55

Dividend

6.753)

6.25

Dividend yield, %

2.6

2.1

P/E ratio4)

18

23

P/E ratio, excluding items affecting comparability4)

17

21

Price/EBITA5)

13

17

Price/EBITA, excluding items affecting comparability5)

13

17

Beta coefficient6)

0.46

0.35

Pay-out ratio, %

46

48

Equity

90

89

Number of registered shares, December 31 (millions)

702.3

702.3

1)

Excluding items affecting comparability and amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets.

2)

See definitions of key figures in Note A2.

3)

Board of Directors’ dividend proposal.

4)

Share price at year-end divided by earnings per share.

5)

Market capitalization plus net debt plus non-controlling interests divided by EBITA. (EBITA = operating profit before amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets).

6)

Share price volatility compared with the entire stock exchange.

Share capital development

The table below shows the development of the company’s share capital since 2017.

Year

Event

Change in number of
Class A shares

Change in number of
Class B shares

Total number of
Class A shares

Total number of
Class B shares

Total number of shares

Change in share capital,
SEK

Total share capital,
SEK

Quotient value,
SEK

2017

Bonus issue1)

64,589,523

637,747,966

64,594,523

637,747,966

702,342,489

2,349,866,980

2,350,366,980

3.35

2017

Conversion

–454,085

454,085

64,140,438

638,202,051

702,342,489

2,350,366,980

3.35

2018

Conversion

–147,667

147,667

63,992,771

638,349,718

702,342,489

2,350,366,980

3.35

2019

Conversion

–58,129

58,129

63,934,642

638,407,847

702,342,489

2,350,366,980

3.35

2020

Conversion

–2,199,470

2,199,470

61,735,172

640,607,317

702,342,489

2,350,366,980

3.35

1)

At the Annual General Meeting, held on April 5, 2017, shareholders resolved on a bonus issue. The purpose of the bonus issue was to increase the share capital and number of shares so they would correspond to the number of shares in SCA ahead of SCA’s distribution of Essity.

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