Shareholders
The Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) was newly listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange on 9 November 2010. Currently, the shareholder structure presents as follows:
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| Shareholder | Number | Share | Number | Share* |
| State Treasury – preferred shares | 14,695,470 | 35.01% | 29,390,940 | 51.80% |
| Other shareholders – preferred shares | 77,000 | 0.18% | 154,000 | 0.27% |
| Other shareholders – bearer shares (free float) | 27,199,530 | 64.80% | 27,199,530 | 47.93% |
| Total | 41,972,000 | 100% | 56,744,470 | 100% |
* Preferred shares A series held by the State Treasury and other shareholders are of the Warsaw Stock Exchange before its public offering (banks, brokerage houses, issuers) are preferred in voting rights in a way that each share confers two voting rights at the General Shareholders Meeting.
As of 26 February 2021
Historical changes in shareholder structure Download
Responsibilities of GPW shareholders on material blocks of shares
In determining the obligations of shareholders of the Warsaw Stock Exchange concerning material blocks of shares, the provisions on public companies included in the Act on Public Offering, Conditions Governing the Introduction of Financial Instruments to Organised Trading, and Public Companies dated 29 July 2005 apply (among others, Article 69 on disclosure of shareholding, which defines the thresholds beyond which shareholder is obliged to immediately inform the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and the company).
In the case of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, additionally the provisions of the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments apply. In particular, Article 24 imposes an obligation on investors to inform and get permission of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority on buying or exceeding certain thresholds of the total number of votes at the General Meeting or certain thresholds of the share capital.
GPW shareholder identification
Pursuant to Articles 68j-68n of the Act on Trading in Financial Instruments of 29 July 2005 (the “Trading Act”), GPW may obtain, through KDPW, information enabling the identification of GPW shareholders and the number of shares held by them. The purposes for which GPW may process shareholders’ personal data are set out in Article 68n of the Trading Act, i.e., to enable the identification of its shareholders, to ensure direct communication with them, and to facilitate the exercise of shareholders’ rights and involvement in the company’s affairs.
The scope of obtained information includes: the shareholder’s identifier (PESEL for individuals), the business name or the first name and last name of the shareholder, address details, email address, the number of shares held, the starting date of the shareholding, the business name or the first name and last name of a third party appointed by the shareholder to make investment decisions on behalf of the shareholder, and the identifier of the third party appointed by the shareholder.
Information about the processing of shareholders’ personal data and their rights in relation to the processing is available at: https://www.gpw.pl/general-meeting.