The shareholders of Sonova Holding AG approved all motions of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting (AGM) on June 12, 2018, and thus decided on a dividend of CHF 2.60 per share. This amounts to a payout of approximately CHF 169.9 million corresponding to a normalized payout ratio of 41%. The distribution will be made with the anticipated value date of June 18, 2018.

The shareholders formally approved the actions of the members of the Board of Directors for their activities during the 2017/18 financial year. Furthermore, Lukas Braunschweiler (born 1956, Swiss citizen) was newly elected to the Board of Directors. Elected to the Nomination & Compensation Committee were Robert F. Spoerry (Chairman), Beat Hess and Stacy Enxing Seng. During the course of these elections, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors Robert F. Spoerry was also confirmed in office.