Disclosure notification in accordance with Article 20 of the Swiss Stock Exchange Act
22 Apr 2008
In compliance with the Swiss Federal Act on Stock Exchanges and Securities Trading, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, USA, notified Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re), Mythenquai 50/60, 8022 Zurich, on 18 April 2008 to hold the following holding as per 14 April 2008 through an acquisition by a number of its Group companies listed below:
Offenlegungsmeldung gemäss Art. 20 Börsengesetz
Gestützt auf das Bundesgesetz über die Börsen und den Effektenhandel hat Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, USA, der Schweizerischen Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Swiss Re), Mythenquai 50/60, 8022 Zürich, am 18. April 2008 gemeldet, dass sie aufgrund eines Erwerbs über verschiedene ihrer unten aufgeführten Gruppengesellschaften folgende Beteiligung per 14. April 2008 hält:
Purchase Positions / Erwerbspositionen:
|
1. Registered shares |
Amount of shares: |
Voting rights: |
Percentage: |
| 1. Namenaktien | Anzahl: | Stimmrechte: |
Anzahl in Prozenten: |
|
|
7'794’302 |
7'794'302 |
2,104% |
2. Conversion rights, share purchase rights and granted (written) share sale rights, regardless of whether or not actual delivery is provided for or allowed:
2. Wandel-, Erwerbs- und eingeräumte (geschriebene) Veräusserungsrechte, unabhängig davon, ob diese Realerfüllung vorsehen oder zulassen:
|
Type of rights
|
Number of rights |
Voting rights conferred |
Security ID number (ISIN), if listed on a Swiss stock exchange, or basic terms |
|
|
|
|
Number |
Percentage2 |
(e.g.: identity of issuer, underlying, subscription ratio, exercise price, exercise period, exercise type) |
|
Convertibles |
240 |
1'928 |
0.001% |
XS0138467401 |
|
Long Call |
207 |
2'070 |
0.001% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.09.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 110, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
250 |
2'500 |
0.001% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.09.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
2'710 |
27'100 |
0.007% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 130, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
5'000 |
50'000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
50'000 |
50'000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
75'000 |
75'000 |
0.020% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 90, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
10'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 90, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
10'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
117'000 |
117'000 |
0.032% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.11.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 115, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Long Call |
140'000 |
140'000 |
0.038% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.11.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 115, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Long Call |
200'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Long Call |
20'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 90, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Convertibles |
27'000 |
235'356 |
0.064% |
CH0023718619 |
|
Long Call |
25'000 |
250'000 |
0.067% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 140, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
300'000 |
300'000 |
0.081% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.09.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Call |
300'000 |
300'000 |
0.081% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
100 |
1’000 |
0.000% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 70, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
13’000 |
13’000 |
0.004% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
2’500 |
25’000 |
0.007% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
4’000 |
40’000 |
0.011% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.05.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
4’600 |
46’000 |
0.012% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.04.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
50’00 |
50’000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.06.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
50’000 |
50’000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
50’000 |
50’000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
50’000 |
50’000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.06.2009, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
60’000 |
60’000 |
0.016% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 16.05.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 76, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
150’000 |
150’000 |
0.040% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 76, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
17’290 |
172’900 |
0.047% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 92, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
200’000 |
200’000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Short Put |
200’000 |
200’000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.06.2009, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 76, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Put |
60’000 |
600’000 |
0.162% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Written Sale Right |
1'800 |
45 |
0.000% |
CH0037068829 |
|
Written Sale Right |
2'000 |
50 |
0.000% |
CH0037068837 |
|
Written Sale Right |
25'550 |
2’555 |
0.001% |
CH0035744884 |
|
Written Sale Right |
164'000 |
6’560 |
0.002% |
CH0033636744 |
|
Total: |
2.1 4'068'065 |
2.2 1.098% |
|
|
Total Shareholding: 11'862'367 3.202%
Gesamtbeteiligung: 11'862'367 3.202%
Sale Positions / Veräusserungspositionen:
|
Type of rights
|
Number of rights |
Voting rights conferred |
Security ID number (ISIN), if listed on a Swiss stock exchange, or basic terms |
|
|
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
(e.g.: identity of issuer, underlying, subscription ratio, exercise price, exercise period, exercise type) |
|
Long Put |
50'000 |
500'000 |
0.135% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
450'000 |
450'000 |
0.121% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Long Put |
30'000 |
300'000 |
0.081% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 110, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
300'000 |
300'000 |
0.081% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 90, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
300'000 |
300'000 |
0.081% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 110, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
250'000 |
250'000 |
0.067% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Long Put |
200'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 140, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
20'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 110, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
200'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
17'500 |
175'000 |
0.047% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 50, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
150'000 |
150'000 |
0.040% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 50, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
10'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.09.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 92, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 72, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
10'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
10'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 70, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
75'000 |
75'000 |
0.020% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
60'000 |
60'000 |
0.016% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 16.05.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
5'000 |
50'000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
30'000 |
30'000 |
0.008% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.05.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 70, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
1'500 |
15'000 |
0.004% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.04.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 76, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
1'300 |
13'000 |
0.004% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
10'000 |
10'000 |
0.003% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.05.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Long Put |
50'000 |
500'000 |
0.135% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 80, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
450'000 |
450'000 |
0.121% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Short Call |
250'000 |
250'000 |
0.067% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 150, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
250'000 |
250'000 |
0.067% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Future Short |
22'000 |
220'000 |
0.059% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.07.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 0, Exercise Style: EXOTIC |
|
Short Call |
200'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Flex Option Short |
2'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 19.09.2008, Ratio: 1:100, Strike Price: 96, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
200'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 140, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
20'000 |
200'000 |
0.054% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Future Short |
1'500 |
150'000 |
0.040% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.05.2008, Ratio: 1:100, Strike Price: 0, Exercise Style: EXOTIC |
|
Short Call |
109'769 |
109'769 |
0.030% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 91, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Short Call |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 17.12.2010, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 90, Exercise Style: EUROPEAN |
|
Short Call |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 110, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
100'000 |
100'000 |
0.027% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.12.2008, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
50'000 |
50'000 |
0.013% |
Issuer: OTC, Maturity: 19.06.2009, Ratio: 1:1, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
2'500 |
25'000 |
0.007% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
2'000 |
20'000 |
0.005% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.04.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 90, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
1'800 |
18'000 |
0.005% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 120, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
1'500 |
15'000 |
0.004% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.04.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 88, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
900 |
9'000 |
0.002% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 18.12.2009, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 84, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
500 |
5'000 |
0.001% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 20.06.2008, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 96, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
Short Call |
400 |
4'000 |
0.001% |
Issuer: EUREX, Maturity: 16.12.2011, Ratio: 1:10, Strike Price: 100, Exercise Style: AMERICAN |
|
10'012'150 |
420'486 |
0.108% |
CH0028966296 |
|
|
Written Call |
384'500 |
39'950 |
0.010% |
CH0033636728 |
|
Written Call |
292'901 |
139'059 |
0.008% |
CH0033636736 |
|
Written Call |
100'000 |
110'000 |
0.003% |
CH0035744876 |
|
Written Call |
28'912 |
102'891 |
0.001% |
CH0035744892 |
|
Written Reverse Convertible |
900'000 |
11'780 |
0.003% |
XS0340410322 |
|
Written Reverse Convertible |
760'000 |
9'948 |
0.003% |
XS0340721751 |
|
Written Certificate Plus |
63'115 |
63'115 |
0.017% |
ANN5633B8073 |
|
Written Certificate Plus |
35'297 |
35'297 |
0.010% |
ANN5636T2271 |
|
Written Certificate Plus |
29'547 |
29'547 |
0.008% |
ANN5637H1565 |
|
Written Certificate Plus |
17'020 |
17'020 |
0.005% |
ANN5635F4910 |
|
Written Bull Certificate |
13'270 |
13'270 |
0.004% |
ANN5638M2870 |
|
Total: |
7'514'863 |
2.029% |
|
|
Group companies / Gruppengesellschaften:
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, USA, indirect through its subsidiaries:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited, 33 King William Street, London EC4R 9AS, England,
Merrill Lynch Capital Markets AG, Stockerhof, Stockerstrasse 23, P.O. Box 773, 8039 Zurich, Switzerland,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 4 World Financial Center, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10080, USA
Merrill Lynch International, 2 King Edward Street, London EC1A 1HQ, England
Contact / Kontakt:
Swiss Re Investor Relations, tel. +41 43 285 4444
Swiss Re Media Relations, Zurich, tel. +41 43 285 7171
Contact Person Shareholder / Kontaktperson Aktionärin - Simone Schenk, Merrill Lynch Capital Markets AG, Stockerstrasse 23, 8002 Zurich, tel. +41 44 297 7593
