Dividend Payment of € 2.50 per Share
At the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Wacker Chemie AG held in Munich on May 23, 2019, all Executive Board and Supervisory Board proposals were adopted by large majorities. The dividend per dividend-bearing share was €2.50 (2017: €4.50). The dividend yield based on WACKER’s average share price in 2018 was 2.1 percent (2017: 4.0 percent).
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2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
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Dividend |
2.50 |
2.50 |
2.00 |
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Special bonus from the sale of Siltronic shares |
– |
2.00 |
– |
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Total dividend |
2.50 |
4.50 |
2.00 |
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Dividend yield (%) |
2.1 |
4.0 |
2.6 |
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Net result for the year (allocable to WACKER’s shareholders) (million) |
246.1 |
866.7 |
179.2 |
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Net result for the year from continuing operations (allocable to WACKER’s shareholders) (million) |
246.1 |
240.5 |
179.2 |
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Dividend payout (million) |
124.2 |
223.6 |
99.4 |
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Distribution ratio (%)1 |
50.5 |
51.6 |
55.5 |
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