date:Mar 27, 2014
tax rate rose from 18.5 % to 19.7 %. This was due firstly to tax increases in Switzerland, and secondly to the growing share of the international business.
This results in a net profit (after deduction of minority interests of CHF 19 million) for the 2013 financial year of CHF 105 million (2012: CHF 106 million). Adjusted for the effects of the disposal of fixed assets, net profit was CHF 98 million, which represents an increase of 8.1 % year-on-year (2012: CHF 90 million). The relating net pr