UNIQA shares

UNIQA shares are listed in the prime market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange. During the course of 2014, the share price fell by 16.2 per cent to €7.78. Firstly, UNIQA shares could not escape general trends in Austria. Secondly, they were adversely impacted by the geopolitical tension – arising from developments in Ukraine – and the further drop in yields. The ATX, the leading index of Wiener Börse, fell by almost the same amount (15.2 per cent) over the same period. In contrast, the benchmark index for European insurance companies, EURO STOXX Insurance, rose by 3.8 per cent.

Successful Re-Ipo increases free float

In October 2013, the UNIQA Group increased its capital by means of a re-IPO as part of its UNIQA 2.0 strategic programme. The gross proceeds amounted to €757 million. The re-IPO led to a significant increase in the proportion of UNIQA shares in free float to 35.4 per cent. As a consequence of the marked improvement in the liquidity of the shares, they were included in Austria’s leading ATX index in March 2014.