Appropriation of Available Earnings

Audited information

The Board of Directors proposes to appropriate the profit of 2017 of Clariant Ltd in the amount of CHF 172 132 961 as follows.

Annual result

 

in CHF

1

Depending on the number of issued shares on the date of the distribution. Shares held by Clariant Ltd or its subsidiaries are not entitled to a distribution and are not taken into account. The distribution amount is therefore expected to be in the region of CHF 164 500 000.

Carried forward from previous year

 

Profit for the year 2017

 

172 132 961

Total available earnings

 

172 132 961

 

 

 

Appropriation

 

in CHF

Voluntary retained earnings as at December 31, 2017

 

924 527 225

Transfer to voluntary retained earnings

 

172 132 961

Voluntary retained earnings as at January 1, 2018

 

1 096 660 186

Balance to be carried forward

 

Distribution of CHF 0.50 per share from reserves from capital contribution1

 

164 500 000

Distribution of reserves from capital contribution

The Board of Directors proposes a distribution from the confirmed capital contribution reserves of CHF 0.50 per share (following reclassification of the full distribution amount from reserves from capital contribution to voluntary retained earnings).