At 31 December 2009, Vestas had 119,672 registered shareholders, who combined represented 177,286,826 shares, or approx 87 per cent of Vestas' share capital. At the end of December 2009, approx 56 per cent of Vestas' registered capital was held by the company's 50 largest shareholders, including custodian banks.
Based on the information available as at 31 December 2009, an estimated 68 per cent of Vestas' total share capital, including shares not registered by name, was believed to be held by shareholders outside Denmark.
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Major shareholder
In accordance with the Danish Companies Act, section 28 (a and b), the following shareholder has informed the company that they own more than five per cent of the share capital:
- BlackRock, Inc. (5.00 per cent)