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SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangements [Abstract]  
SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
In connection with the spin-off, the Liberty Global Compensation Committee adjusted the outstanding equity awards granted under the Liberty Global Long-Term Incentive Plan 2024 (Performance Incentive Plan) and converted the majority of the awards into Sunrise equity instruments, thereby ensuring alignment with the strategic priorities of Sunrise and its shareholders. For awards granted before 2024, no conversion to Sunrise equity instruments was made. For the latter awards, Sunrise needs to compensate LG. The amounts are disclosed in the table below in the line "Other". Furthermore, Sunrise delivers Sunrise RSU to holders of LG RSU awards to compensate them for the diluting effect of the spin-off (see Note 21). In addition, the members of the Executive Committee and certain other employees have received an Initial Award in the form of equity-based instruments to align their interests with those of the shareholders and to support long-term value creation. Upon vesting of the awards, the respective shares are either created out of the conditional share capital or distributed from treasury shares. The Initial Award contains RSUs, PSUs, and Shares. The awards related to this plan were granted on either 6 December 2024 or 30 December 2024.

The Long-Term Incentive Plan ('LTIP') 2024 contains Restricted Share Units ('RSUs'), Performance Share Units ('PSUs') and Share Appreciation Rights ('SARs'). The awards related to this plan were granted on either 25 March 2024 or 2 August 2024. The LTIP 2025 contains Restricted Share Units ('RSUs') and Performance Share Units ('PSUs'). The awards related to this plan were granted on either 1 April 2025 or 1 September 2025.



The following share-based compensation related expenses have been recognised in the statements of income or loss:

CHF in millions
December 31, 2025
December 31, 2024
Non-performance based incentive awards
13.0
4.9
Performance-based incentive awards
7.7
1.2
Shares
4.9
0.8
Shareholding Incentive Plan (SHIP)1
4.3
2.3
Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP)2
16.5
—
Other
2.6
9.9
Total share-based payments costs
49.0
19.1

1 Certain employees can elect to receive up to 100% of the earned bonus in shares with a 12.5% premium in Restricted Share Units, subject to a one-year vesting period if the shares are held for that duration
2 Sunrise rolled out an Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) in 2025 for all Sunrise employees (excluding the senior leaders and the Executive Committee).
General award information
The award types granted are RSUs, PSUs, SARs and Shares. RSUs grant the right to receive shares on specified future vesting dates, subject to continued employment with Sunrise. The RSUs vest in equal yearly instalements over the course of the total vesting period. PSUs grant the right to receive shares on specified future vesting dates, subject to both a service condition and a performance condition. The vesting of the award depends on the service condition, while the number of shares being awarded per PSU depends on the achievement of the performance condition. For the PSUs of the LTIP 2024 and 2025, the performance condition depends on the Relative Total Shareholder Return (rTSR) and the Cumulative Absolute Adjusted Free Cash Flow (FCF). The performance condition entitles the holder to between 0 and 1.85 shares per PSU. For the Initial Award PSUs, the performance criterion is the Implied Total Shareholder Return (TSR) based on achieved Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Performance %. The performance condition entitles the holder to between 0 and 1.5 shares per PSU. The PSUs vest in one instalment after the total vesting period. SARs give the participant the right to receive the value3 of any increase in the share price over the base price of the grant date less withholding tax on the day the SAR is exercised. The SARs can be exercised at any time after vesting, until the expiration date. The SARs expire at the close of business on the tenth anniversary of the applicable grant date and vest in equal yearly instalments over the course of the total vesting period. Shares are awards in the form of shares that are transferred to the participant at grant date.

The following table provides an overview of Sunrise’s LTI awards:

Grant date
FV at grant date
Non-performance based incentive awards
LTI 2024 RSU
25/3/2024
34.07
LTI 2024 SAR
25/3/2024
9.66
LTI 2024 RSU
2/8/2024
36.59
LTI 2024 SAR
2/8/2024
10.45
Initial Award RSU
6/12/2024
41.55
Initial Award RSU
30/12/2024
39.32
LTI 2025 RSU
1/4/2025
42.70
LTI 2025 RSU
1/9/2025
50.20
Performance-based incentive awards
LTI 2024 PSU
25/3/2024
50.01
LTI 2024 PSU
2/8/2024
44.65
Initial Award PSU
6/12/2024
42.09
Initial Award PSU
30/12/2024
42.09
LTI 2025 PSU
1/4/2025
51.27
LTI 2025 PSU
1/9/2025
62.47
3 Sunrise has the intent to settle these awards in shares.

Fair value
The LTIP 2024 was converted into a plan with underlying Sunrise shares using an adjustment factor. This was applied with the aim of ensuring that the fair value ('FV') of this plan as a whole did not significantly change. For the PSUs, the performance condition was modified to reflect the performance of Sunrise rather than LG. The modifications were made with the aim of leaving the total FV unchanged.

The FV of the RSUs and Shares of the Initial Award is equal to the closing price of Sunrise Communications AG on the SIX Swiss Exchange on the respective grant date. The FV of the PSUs was based on a Monte Carlo model with one million simulations.

For the LTIP 2024, the FV of the PSUs was based on an assumed share price volatility of 24.70%, an entry price of CHF 40.61 and a risk-free rate of 1.01%.

For the LTIP 2025 granted in April, the FV of the PSUs was based on an assumed share price volatility of 23.97%, an entry price of CHF 42.70, and a risk-free rate of 1.07%.

For the LTIP 2025 granted in September, the FV of the PSUs was based on an assumed share price volatility of 24.28%, an entry price of CHF 49.14 and a risk-free rate of (0.11)%.
2025
2024
Number of units
PSUs
RSUs
SARs
Shares
Total
PSUs
RSUs
SARs
Shares
Total
Balance 1 January
421,608
399,399
461,244
—
1,282,251
—
—
—
—
—
Granted
278,930
136,589
—
—
415,519
421,608
408,262
471,729
99,186
1,400,785
Settled
(1,018)
(126,251)
(79,474)
—
(206,743)
—
—
—
(99,186)
(99,186)
Forfeited
(8,984)
(20,174)
(21,238)
—
(50,396)
—
(8,863)
(10,485)
—
(19,348)
Balance 31 December
690,536
389,563
360,532
—
1,440,631
421,608
399,399
461,244
—
1,282,251
2025
2024
Number of SARs Units
Weighted Average Strike Price (CHF)
Number of SARs Units
Weighted Average Strike Price (CHF)
Balance 1 January
461,244
33.88
—
—
Granted
—
—
471,729
33.88
Settled
(79,474)
33.74
—
—
Forfeited
(21,238)
33.57
(10,485)
33.57
Balance 31 December
360,532
33.93
461,244
33.88