Shares and share ownership
Ordinary shares in PostNL N.V. (ticker: PNL, ISIN code NL0009739416) are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and included in the AScX-index. Options on PostNL shares are traded on Euronext Derivatives Amsterdam and on the European Options Exchange in Amsterdam.
PostNL Relative performance PostNL compared to AScX-index
2024
In 2024, 477 million PostNL shares were traded on Euronext Amsterdam (2023: 506 million). The average daily number of shares traded was 1.9 million (2023: 2.0 million). The market capitalisation of PostNL was €523 million at the end of 2024 (2023: €698 million).
PostNL’s authorised share capital is divided into 1,500,000,000 shares of €0.08 each and consists of 750,000,000 ordinary shares and 750,000,000 preference shares B. The number of issued and outstanding ordinary shares was 502,111,291 on 31 December 2024 (2023: 494,207,248 shares). During the year, 6,686,930 shares were issued as stock dividend and 1,217,113 shares for the share plan for employees (2023: 5,401,910 shares were issued as stock dividend and 1,274,710 shares for the share plan for employees ). All shares in issue are fully paid. No preference shares B were issued and outstanding. See note '4.6 Equity' to the Consolidated financial statements for more information on PostNL’s equity.
Major shareholders
Pursuant to the Financial Markets Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht), shareholders must disclose percentage holdings in the capital and/or voting rights in the company when such holding reaches, exceeds or falls below 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 75% and 95%. Such disclosure must be made to the Dutch Financial Markets Authority (AFM) without delay.
Investors also have to disclose net short positions in the company that equal or exceed 0.5% of outstanding shares. At the end of 2024, investors had filed an accumulated net short position of 3.55% in PostNL (2023: 1.81%).
Our substantial shareholders are listed in the table below.
PostNL Overview of substantial shareholders and their ownership (>3%)
31 December 2024
| Company | (In)direct voting rights | Date of AFM notification | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real | Potential | ||
| Vesa/EP1 | 29.90% | 1.5% | 31 December 2024 |
| Talpa Beheer BV | 4.91% | 6 November 2024 | |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 3.49% | 22 November 2022 | |
| Saba Capital Management, L.P. | 3.00% | 14 May 2021 | |
- Vesa Equity Investment Sarl/EP Investment Sarl
Shareholder base
PostNL has a broad shareholder base. We estimate that 23% of the outstanding shares is owned by retail investors. Institutional investors hold 77% of the total shares, of which the main part is held outside the Netherlands.
PostNL Institutional shareholders by region
2023, 2024 (in %)