At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Wacker Chemie AG held in Munich on May 20, 2016, all Executive Board and Supervisory Board proposals were adopted by large majorities. WACKER distributed a shareholder dividend for 2015 totaling €99.3 million (€74.5 million for the year before). The dividend per dividend-bearing share was €2.00 (€1.50 the year before). The dividend yield based on WACKER’s average share price in 2015 was 2.2 percent (1.7 percent the year before).
Dividend Trends
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€ |
|
2015 |
|
2014 |
|
2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividend |
|
2.00 |
|
1.50 |
|
0.50 |
Dividend yield (%) |
|
2.2 |
|
1.7 |
|
0.8 |
Net result for the year (allocable to WACKER’s shareholders) (million) |
|
246.7 |
|
203.8 |
|
2.6 |
Dividend payout (million) |
|
99.3 |
|
74.5 |
|
24.8 |
Distribution ratio (%) |
|
40.3 |
|
36.6 |
|
>100 |