Dividend Payment of € 2.20 per Share

At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of May 16, 2012, it was decided to pay out a total dividend sum of €109.3 million (2010: €159.0 million) from the retained profit of €978.7 million posted in 2011 (2010: €775.3 million). €230.0 million was transferred to retained earnings and €639.4 million carried forward. The dividend per share entitled to dividends for 2011 was therefore €2.20 (2010: €3.20), which was distributed to shareholders on May 17, 2012. At a volume-weighted average share price of €109.67 in 2011 (2010: €114.32), this produced a dividend yield of 2.0 percent.

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Dividend Trends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend

 

2.20

 

3.20

 

1.20

 

1.80

 

2.25

 

2.00

Plus special bonus per share

 

 

 

 

 

0.75

 

0.50

Dividend yield (%)

 

2.0

 

2.8

 

1.3

 

1.5

 

2.0

 

2.1

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

 

352.6

 

490.7

 

-70.8

 

438.5

 

422.0

 

311.3

Dividend payout (million)

 

109.3

 

159.0

 

59.6

 

89.4

 

149.1

 

124.2

Distribution ratio (%)

 

31.0

 

32.4

 

n.a.

 

20.4

 

35.3

 

39.9