DKSH at its 85th Ordinary General Meeting held on March 22, 2018, approved the distribution of an ordinary dividend of CHF 1.65 per share (with a total value of CHF 107.3 million) for the financial year 2017. The payment will be made from March 28, 2018.

The shareholders also agreed to discharge each member of the Board of Directors and of the Senior Executive Team for the financial year 2017. Furthermore, shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to elect Prof. Dr. Annette G. Köhler and Eunice-Zehnder Lai as new members of the Board of Directors. After having served on the Board of Directors for more than ten years, Rainer-Marc Frey chose not to stand for re-election.