Daimler: shareholders to vote on board members, dividend

(CercleFinance.com) - Today Daimler's shareholders are set to vote in Berlin on three proposed candidates for the group's supervisory board and to approve the highest dividend ever paid out in the company's history.


The German carmaker has proposed that Finland's Sari Baldauf and Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht be reelected on the board and that Marie Wieck, general manager at IBM Blockchain, be newly elected.

The move will allow Daimler to comply with the statutory quota of 30% female members.

Shareholders are also set to approve an increase in the group's dividend to 3.65 euros per share, up from 3.25 euros the previous year.

After having had the most successful year in the company's history in 2017, Daimler will insist in front of its shareholders that it is now undergoing the "greatest transformation in its history," with a focus on five strategic areas, including an optimisation of the group's structure.

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