Dividend Payment of €1.20 per Share

At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of May 21, 2010, it was decided to pay out a total dividend sum of €59.6 million (2008: €89.4 million) from the retained profit of €533.4 million posted in 2009 (2008: €576.9 million). The dividend per share entitled to dividends for 2009 was therefore €1.20 (2008: €1.80). The dividend was distributed to shareholders on May 22, 2010.

At a volume-weighted average share price of €89.99 in 2009, this produced a dividend yield of 1.33 percent. Because the net result for the year was negative, no distribution ratio can be calculated.

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Dividend Trends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend

 

1.20

 

1.80

 

2.25

 

2.00

Plus special bonus per share

 

 

 

+0.75

 

+0.50

Dividend yield (%)

 

1.3

 

1.5

 

2.0

 

2.1

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

 

-70.8

 

438.5

 

422.0

 

311.3

Dividend payout (million)

 

59.6

 

89.4

 

149.1

 

124.2

Distribution ratio (%)

 

n. a.

 

20.4

 

35.3

 

39.9