Dividend Payment of €3.20 per Share

At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of May 18, 2011, it was decided to pay out a total dividend sum of €159.0 million (2009: €59.6 million) from the retained profit of €775.3 million posted in 2010 (2009: €533.4 million). The dividend per share entitled to dividends for 2010 was therefore €3.20 (2009: €1.20). The dividend was distributed to shareholders on May 19, 2011.

At a volume-weighted average share price of €114.32 in 2010, this produced a dividend yield of 2.8 percent.

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Dividend Trends

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend

 

3.20

 

1.20

 

1.80

 

2.25

Plus special bonus per share

 

 

 

 

+0.75

Dividend yield (%)

 

2.8

 

1.3

 

1.5

 

2.0

Net result for the year (allocable to WACKER’s shareholders) (million)

 

490.7

 

-70.8

 

438.5

 

422.0

Dividend payout (million)

 

159.0

 

59.6

 

89.4

 

149.1

Distribution ratio (%)

 

32.4

 

n.a.

 

20.4

 

35.3