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 |
2.20 |
3.20 |
1.20 |
1.80 |
2.25 |
2.00 | ||||||
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Plus special bonus per share |
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0.75 |
0.50 | ||||||
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Dividend yield (%) |
2.0 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
2.1 | ||||||
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Net result for the year (allocable to WACKER’s shareholders) (million) |
352.6 |
490.7 |
-70.8 |
438.5 |
422.0 |
311.3 | ||||||
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Dividend payout (million) |
109.3 |
159.0 |
59.6 |
89.4 |
149.1 |
124.2 | ||||||
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Distribution ratio (%) |
31.0 |
32.4 |
n.a. |
20.4 |
35.3 |
39.9 | ||||||