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Success Factors

The long-term strategy and the balance of risk exposure are determined by the shareholders to safeguard the long-term viability of our company. The responsibility and the authority to operate our various businesses are delegated to the operating units, which enjoy a high degree of entrepreneurial freedom. Our success is based on key business principles to which we strictly adhere.

Commitment to Customers
We are fully committed to the products and services we provide and distribute. With our know-how, reliability and efficiency, we make sure that our customers' interests are optimally served.

Sustainability
We pursue a long-term strategy of sustainable growth. We integrate economic, environmental and social considerations into our decision-making processes.

Long-term Financial Orientation
We are strategic investors in our various businesses. Sustainable profitability combined with a conservative dividend policy allow our companies to grow on a long-term basis. In order to reduce the cluster risk for the Group which had grown significantly both organically and through acquisition, DKSH initiated a public listing in 2012. Diethelm Keller Holding Ltd. thereby reduced its ownership to below 50% and returned to being a predominantly family-owned holding company.

Operating Autonomy
Our operating units can rely on a high degree of entrepreneurial and financial autonomy in the implementation of their long-term strategies. Each entity is responsible for its individual financial soundness and is allowed to retain sufficient profit to enable a long-term growth strategy.