In 2025, the Grundfos Foundation has established a new company structure, transferring its securities to a wholly owned holding company. The Foundation’s purpose remains unchanged and will continue to focus on the development of the Grundfos Group as well as philanthropic contributions to social and scientific areas.
The Foundation’s investment portfolio was transferred to a wholly owned holding company, PDJF A/S, on 1 January 2025. The ownership of Grundfos Holding A/S and PDJF Direct Invest ApS was transferred from the Foundation to PDJF A/S on 1 March 2025.
Buy-back obligation and capital resource management
At the end of 2025, there were 10,631 Grundfos shareholders in total, an increase of 6 per cent on the year before. The Foundation would like to see Grundfos employees own more of the shares in the future, so it is satisfying to see that employee share programmes continue to be well received by employees.
The Foundation is obliged to buy back shares from other shareholders if they wish to sell them or if they pass away. The funds required for these obligations are estimated as DKK 7.6 billion in total. Most of these funds are kept available at short notice through the Foundation’s capital management portfolio.
At the end of 2025, the Foundation owns securities and cash at bank worth approximately DKK 11.7 billion.