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 49,031,000** 45,456,000** 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, %) 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.7 7.8

 * 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