Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG is looking at plans to increase its payout to shareholders, according to local reports.

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The CEO of the luxury chocolate maker, Ernst Tanner, was quoted by the publication Finanz und Wirtschaft saying: “There could be a share buyback or a higher dividend.”


Tanner added that he would prefer to use the group’s high cashflow to fund acquisitions, but that there were hardly any targets out there.

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