Sunrise Communications AG ("Sunrise") is an independent, publicly traded Swiss company following its spin-off from Liberty Global Ltd in November 2024. Sunrise has in issue two classes of shares: Class A Shares and Class B Shares.
The Class A Common Shares with a nominal value of CHF 0.10 per share, are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (“SIX”) under the ticker symbol “SUNN”. Each Class A Common Share carries one vote per share.
The Class B Shares, with a nominal value of CHF 0.01 per share, also carry one vote per share but have one-tenth of the economic entitlement of the Class A Common Shares. The Sunrise Class B Shares are not listed on SIX or any other exchange. Class B Shares can be exchanged for Class A Shares in accordance with the terms of Sunrise’s articles of association at a ratio of 10 Class B Shares for one Class A Share.
The spin-off of Sunrise from Liberty Global was successfully completed on 8 November 2024. To facilitate efficient initial settlement mechanics for a Swiss listed security, Liberty Global determined to deliver all Sunrise Shares distributed in the spin-off initially in the form of Sunrise ADSs (American Depositary Shares). Each Sunrise Class A Common Share and Sunrise Class B Share distributed in the spin-off have been in the form of one Sunrise Class A ADS and one Sunrise Class B ADS, respectively. Sunrise ADS holders have been entitled to cancel their Sunrise ADSs and withdraw the underlying Sunrise Shares since 14 November 2024.
The Sunrise Class A ADSs are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq) under the ticker symbol “SNRE”. The Nasdaq listing of the Sunrise Class A ADSs is expected to be for a transitional period only in order to facilitate trading and holding of the Sunrise Class A ADSs after the spin-off. This transitional period will extend from the listing date of the Sunrise Class A ADSs on Nasdaq (13 November 2024) to a date which will be approximately nine months thereafter, with the specific date to be determined by the Sunrise Board of Directors. Sunrise Class B ADSs are not listed on any stock exchange and are tradeable only on the over-the-counter markets (OTC).
For further information regarding the different share classes and the ADSs, please refer to the Q&A section.
Analyst Coverage
Arete, Alex Pound
Barclays, Maurice Patrick
BNPParibas, Joshua Mills
Deutsche Bank, Robert Grindle
J.P. Morgan, Akhil Dattani
New Street Research, Russell Waller
UBS, Polo Tang
Significant Shareholders
A complete list of disclosures of shareholdings can be found on the website of SIX Swiss Exchange: SIX Swiss Exchange. To display the information, please fill in Sunrise Communications AG in the search field ‘Issuer’.