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	2011	2010	2009	2008
Number of registered shares	23 389 028	23 389 028	23 389 028	23 389 028¹⁾
Number of
Shares entitled to dividend	23 389 028	23 386 528	22 373 911	22 373 991
Treasury shares	0	2 500	1 015 117	1 015 117

Information per share (in CHF)
Dividend per share	7.00 ²⁾	12.50 ²⁾	10.00	5.00
Of which ordinary dividend	7.00	6.50	5.00	5.00
Of which special dividend	-	-	5.00	-
Of which anniversary dividend	-	6.00	-	-
Earnings per share	10.14	9.71	9.66	9.25
Operative cash flow per share ³⁾	12.64	12.50	12.47	12.02
Equity per share ⁴⁾	45.17	47.74	45.67	42.61
Stock prices ⁶⁾
High	175.91	166.00	125.00	165.22
Low	137.07	117.25	80.00	82.25
At December 31	159.10	165.80	123.80	88.50

Market capitalization (CHF millions)
on December 31	3721.2	3877.9	2895.6	2069.9

Registered shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

	Security number	ISIN	Investdata / Reuters
EMS-CHEMIE	1.644.035	CH0016440353	EMSN

1) As part of a share repurchase, 1663 842 registered shares were canceled on November 3, 2008.

2) Proposal of the Board of Directors.

3) Cash flow = net income plus write-downs on intangible assets, property, plant and equipment plus value adjustments to securities.