Swiss National Bank (SNB) Decisions of the General Meeting of Shareholders

Decisions of the General Meeting of Shareholders

Decisions of the 102nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Swiss National Bank held on
30 April 2010

1. Approval of the financial report for 2009

The General Meeting of Shareholders approved the financial report for 2009.

2. Decision on the appropriation of the annual result 2009

The General Meeting of Shareholders decided to appropriate the annual result (net profit) of
CHF 9,955,002,810 as follows:


	CHF millions

Annual result (net profit)	9 955.0
Allocation to provisions for currency reserves	-3 054.9
Distributable annual profit	6 900.1
Allocation to distribution reserve	-4 398.6
Total profit distribution	2 501.5
Payment of a dividend of 6%	-1.5
Ordinary distribution to the Confederation and the cantons¹	-2 500.0

Balance after appropriation of profit	0

3. Discharge of the Bank Council

The General Meeting of Shareholders granted discharge to the Bank Council.

4. Election of a new member of the Bank Council

The General Meeting of Shareholders appointed the following person as member of the Bank Council for the reminder of the 2008–2012 term of office: Monika Bütler, Zurich, Professor of Economics at the University of St. Gallen.

5. Election of the Audit Board

The General Meeting of Shareholders appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd, Zurich, as the Audit Board for the 2010/2011 term of office.