“We are and will continue to be the pioneers of mobility.”
During the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Daimler AG held in Berlin today, the shareholders approved the payment of a dividend for the year 2015 of €3.25 ($3.71) per share compared to €2.45 for 2014. This is the highest dividend in the history of Daimler.
The dividend distribution amounts to €3,477 million payable out on April 7, 2016 to all shareholders who held Daimler shares on April 6, 2016. In total, 50.77% of the share capital was represented.
Reelected was Dr. Manfred Bischoff, chairman of the supervisory board of Daimler AG, as a member of the Daimler Supervisory Board representing the shareholders. Mrs. Petraea Heynike, a past member of the Executive Board of Nestlé, was reelected to the Daimler Supervisory Board. Each term of office is effective from the end of the 2016 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting until the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in the year 2021.
The actions of the members of the Board of Management were ratified with 98.92% of the votes cast, and the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board were ratified with 98.77% of the votes cast.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
