Dividend

Dividend for the financial year 2018

The Annual General Meeting on May 16, 2019, decided a dividend for the fiscal year 2018 of € 1.17. This corresponds to an increase by 10% compared to the dividend of € 1.06 that was distributed in the previous year.

Dividend calendar 2019

Dividend proposal	February 20, 2019
Dividend approval by AGM	May 16, 2019
Dividend entitlement date	May 16, 2019
Dividend ex date	May 17, 2019
Dividend pay-out (valuta)¹	May 21, 2019

¹ Due to an amendment to the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the due date for the payment of dividends has been changed as of 2017. In accordance with the newly worded § 58 (4) AktG, the entitlement to dividends shall not fall due on the day following the Annual General Meeting, as has been the case thus far, but on the third business day following the Annual General Meeting.

Dividend development
Table dividend development

Year	Dividend per share in €	Total distribution amount in € mio	Day of dividend payment
2018	1.17	355	May 21, 2019
2017	1.06	325	May 23, 2018
2016	0.96	294	May 16, 2017
2015	0.80	244	May 13, 2016
2014	0.78	237	May 20, 2015
2013	0.77	232	May 16, 2014
2012	0.75	230	May 17, 2013
2011	0.69	210	May 11, 2012
2010	0.65	197	May 13, 2011
2009	0.61	183	May 12, 2010
2008	0.58	173	May 8, 2009
2007	0.54	160	May 21, 2008
2006	0.47	139	May 16, 2007
2005	0.41	120	May 10, 2006
2004	0.37	109	May 25, 2005
2003	0.34	100	May 28, 2004
2002	0.31	92	May 23, 2003
2001	0.28	83	May 23, 2002
2000	0.26	76	May 24, 2001
1999	0.23	55	May 31, 2000
1998	0.2	47	June 4, 1999
1997	0.17	41	June 11, 1998

Dividend per share data for 1997 to 2006 have been adjusted for share split in June 2007. Preference shares were converted into ordinary shares on June 28, 2013.

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