Record dividend for Daimler
Daimler AG, the parent company of Daimler Truck & Bus, has approved the payment of a record dividend to its shareholdersDaimler AG's recent Annual Shareholders' Meeting saw the automotive giant announce an all-time-record dividend payment of Euro 2.45 ($A3.47) per share – an increase of 8.9 per cent over its prior-year dividend of Euro 2.25 ($A3.19) per share.
As the highest dividend in the history of the company, the payment amounted to a total of Euro 2621 million ($A3713 million).
At Daimler's annual general meeting in February the group advised that it sold a record 2.5 million vehicles in 2014, in a year that also saw sales of its trucks – spanning the Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner, Fuso and Western Star brands, among others – reach their highest level since 2006.
The dividend will be paid to shareholders today (April 2).
At the AGM in February Dr Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and the Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, said the group's strategy was working.
"That is now paying off," he said.
"It is clearly tangible throughout the Group. Daimler is on an upward curve."
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