# clm_FA5B2A8636EB

subject: Novartis (/record/novartis.md)  
predicate: shares_outstanding  
value: 2,256,822,048 shares  
valid_from: 2020-12-31  
valid_to: 2021-12-31  
published: 2021-01-26  
recorded: 2026-11-08  
confidence: 0.95  
status: superseded  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: clm_ADE03C9FEB28  
last_updated: 2026-11-08  
cite: AsOf. "Novartis shares outstanding: 2,256,822,048 shares", as of 2020-12-31 (until 2021-12-31). Claim clm_FA5B2A8636EB, https://asof.is/claim/clm_FA5B2A8636EB, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114448/000137036821000006/0001370368-21-000006-index.htm.  
checked: 2026-11-08 · parsed from the SEC filing  
parsed from: dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding in 20-F FY2020, filed 2021-01-26  

## Sources

- https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114448/000137036821000006/0001370368-21-000006-index.htm (primary, SEC EDGAR 20-F FY2020, published 2021-01-26)

## Supersedes

- [Novartis](/record/novartis.md) | shares_outstanding | 2,265,008,488 shares | valid 2019-12-31 to 2020-12-31 | conf 0.95 | superseded | superseded_by [clm_FA5B2A8636EB](/claim/clm_FA5B2A8636EB.md) | [clm_657C4132B151](/claim/clm_657C4132B151.md)

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