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Appropriation of available earnings

The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 2018 to allocate the voluntary retained earnings as follows: 

 

 

CHF 1,000

2016

Approved

2017
Proposed

Carried forward from previous year

 178,169 

 227,089 

 

 

 

Net profit

 69,235 

 4,316 

 

 

 

Available retained earnings

 247,404 

 231,405 

 

 

 

Dividend paid as approved by the annual general meeting of shareholders on April 13, 2016:

 CHF 1.75 per share with a nominal value of CHF 0.10 each (total 11,608,657 shares eligible for dividend)

 (20,315) 

 

 

 

 

Dividend proposed:

 CHF 2.00 per share with a nominal value of CHF 0.10 each (total 11,664,872 shares eligible for dividend)1

 

(23,330) 

 

 

 

Balance to be carried forward

 227,089 

 208,075 

1These numbers are based on the outstanding share capital at December 31, 2017. The number of shares eligible for dividend may change due to the repurchase or sale of treasury shares and the issuance of up to 81,502 new shares from the conditional share capital reserved for employee participation plans.

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