Dividends
Five-year dividend evolution
(CHF) 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Number of shares 7,654,385 7,624,385 7,532,718 7,426,218 7,291,218
Dividend 40,781,000* 37,409,000*** 48,378,000**** 50,997,000***** 55,456,000******
 Dividend per share 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
 Net profit - Group share per share** 11.8 8.8 9.8 8.6 7.5
 Yield (dividend / share price at the end of the period, %) 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.9


* subject to the approval of the Ordinary General Meeting on 25 May 2023 (excluding treasury shares), plus one treasury share for every 100 shares held


** Net profit - Group share per share of CHF 2.50, based on weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period after deducting the average number of treasury shares

*** including one treasury share for every 100 shares held

**** including one treasury share for every 75 shares held

*****including one treasury share for every 50 shares held

****** including one treasury share for every 35 shares held