At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of May 8, 2009, it was decided to pay out a total dividend sum of €89.4 million (2007: €149.0 million) from 2008’s profits of €576.9 million (2007: €1.09 billion). The dividend per share entitled to dividends for 2008 was, therefore, €1.80 (2007: €2.25 + a special bonus of €0.75). The dividend was distributed to shareholders on May 11, 2009.
At a volume-weighted average share price of €119.0 in 2008, this produced a dividend yield of 1.5%. Based on the net Group income allocable to Wacker Chemie AG’s shareholders, the dividend yield was 20.3%.