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27. Equity, Share Capital and Treasury SharesNominal value in CHF Total number of shares As of January 1, 2022 0.1 65,042,963 As of December 31, 2022 and January 1, 2023 0.1 65,042,963 As of December 31, 2023 0.1 65,042,963 In 2023 and 2022, the Group had no changes in its share capital.An ordinary dividend of CHF 2.15 per common registered share was paid in 2023 (2022: CHF 2.05 ordinary dividend). Total dividend payments amounted to CHF 139.6 million (2022: CHF 133.2 million).The total authorized number of shares as of December 31, 2023, of DKSH Holding Ltd. is 65,042,963 (2022: 65,042,963) with a par value of CHF 0.10 per share. All issued shares are fully paid in. In 2023 the Group purchased 85,000 treasury shares for an amount of CHF 6.2 million. The Group used 83,801 treasury shares (CHF 6.4 million) for vested share-based payment awards. The Group holds 92,976 treasury shares as of December 31, 2023 (2022: 91,777).The Ordinary General Meeting held on March 16, 2023, approved the Board of Directors%u2019 proposal to increase conditional share capital by 3,000,000 shares or CHF 0.3 million. As of December 31, 2023, the Company%u2019s conditional share capital amounts to 3,282,537 shares (2022: 282,537 shares) or CHF 0.33 million (2022: CHF 0.03 million).At the Ordinary General Meeting scheduled for March 26, 2024, a CHF 2.25 dividend is to be proposed in respect of 2023 (2022: CHF 2.15 ordinary dividend per registered shares). These financial statements do not reflect this dividend payable, which will be accounted for in shareholders%u2019 equity as an appropriation of retained earnings in the year ending December 31, 2024. Dividends payable are not accounted for until they have been ratified at the Ordinary General Meeting.Other reserves and retained earnings include statutorily restricted reserves of CHF 134.8 million as of December 31, 2023 (2022: CHF 141.2 million).100 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements