“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.
