Answering your questions

The Nestlé S.A. shares are traded at SIX Swiss Exchange.

The ticker symbol of the Nestlé S.A. is NESN, and the ISIN is CH 003 886 335 0

Purchase, sell orders and registration of shares should be dealt with your bank or stockbroker. If you have any questions about shares, you may contact our Share Transfer Office:

Nestlé S.A.
Share Registry
Zugerstrasse 8
6330 Cham
Switzerland
Phone: +41 41 785 2020
Fax: +41 41 785 2024
Email: [email protected]

The ticker symbol for the Nestlé share is NESN
The ISIN is CH 003 886 335 0

The number of registered shareholders amount to approximately 160’000. If unprocessed applications for registration, the indirect holders of shares under American Depositary Receipts and the beneficial owners of shareholders registered as nominees are also taken into account, the total number of shareholders probably exceeds 250'000.

The last stock splits have been:
- June 30, 2008 split of 1:10 (1 old share = 10 new shares)
- June 11, 2001 split of 1:10 (1 old share = 10 new shares)
- September 1, 1992 split of 1:10 (1 old share = 10 new shares)

The share capital of Nestlé S.A. is CHF 267’000’000, divided into 2’670’000’000 fully paid-up registered shares with a nominal value of CHF 0.10 each.

The nominal value is CHF 0.10.

If your shares are deposited with a bank, you will receive a statement at the end of the year or you can check your holding at any time by contacting your adviser at the bank or your stockbroker.

Dividends, upon approval by the Annual General Meeting of shareholders (AGM), are paid once a year. The dividend payment date is set by the Board of Directors, and is usually a few trading days after the AGM.

If you are tax resident in a country with which Switzerland has concluded a double tax treaty, in most cases you can recover a portion (but not all) of the Swiss withholding tax, by filing. If you are tax resident in a country with which Switzerland has not concluded a double tax treaty, in principle you cannot recover the Swiss withholding tax at all. For further information please see the Swiss Federal Tax Administration's website (in English).

As a shareholder registered with voting rights in the share register, if you do not wish to attend the General Meeting in person, you can be represented by

Shares of “Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co” – one of the two founding companies of Nestlé - were first quoted in the Zurich Stock Exchange on March 17, 1873. Following the merger between “Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co” and “SA Henri Nestlé”, the shares of “Nestlé & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.” were listed on 25 October 1905 at the Zurich Stock Exchange (now SIX Swiss Exchange).