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 |
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2010 |
2009 |
2008 |
2007 |
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Dividend |
3.20 |
1.20 |
1.80 |
2.25 |
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Plus special bonus per share |
– |
– |
– |
+0.75 |
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Dividend yield (%) |
2.8 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
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Net result for the year (allocable to WACKER’s shareholders) (million) |
490.7 |
-70.8 |
438.5 |
422.0 |
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Dividend payout (million) |
159.0 |
59.6 |
89.4 |
149.1 |
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Distribution ratio (%) |
32.4 |
n.a. |
20.4 |
35.3 |
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