Daimler AG Annual Shareholders’ Meeting approves dividend of €3.65 per share

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BERLIN, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Daimler AG in Berlin on Thursday, the shareholders approved a dividend of €3.65 per share for financial year 2017. The dividend distribution amounts to €3.9 billion. The dividend will be paid out on the third business day after the resolution by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting, April 10, 2018, to all shareholders who held shares in Daimler AG on April 5, 2018.

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting reelected Sari Baldauf, former Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Fortum Oyj, Finland, as a member of the Supervisory Board representing the shareholders. Sari Baldauf has first been elected in 2008 as a member of the Supervisory Board representing the shareholders.

Additional, Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE, was also reelected as a member of the Supervisory Board representing the shareholders.

Furthermore, Marie Wieck, General Manager at IBM Blockchain, was also elected as a member of the Supervisory Board representing the shareholders. Marie Wieck is not a member of other supervisory boards required by law or comparable domestic or foreign supervisory bodies.

The period of office of the three elected members of the Supervisory Board begins at the end of the 2018 Annual Shareholders' Meeting and ends with the Annual Shareholders' Meeting in 2023.

The actions of the members of the Board of Management were ratified with 94.64% of the votes cast and the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board were ratified with 93.96% of the votes.

More than 6,000 shareholders attended the Annual Shareholders' Meeting at CityCube Berlin (2017: 6,200), representing 55.71% of the share capital.

Overview of the main results:

Dividend per share	€3.65
Dividend distribution	€3.9 billion
Board of Management ratification	94.64%
Supervisory Board ratification	93.96%
Share capital represented	55.71%

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www.media.daimler.com and www.daimler.com

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Daimler at a Glance
Daimler AG is one of the world's most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world's biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance, financial investments, credit cards, and innovative mobility services. The company's founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, it is a motivation and commitment of Daimler to shape safely and sustainably the future of mobility: The Group's focus is on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior automobiles that appeal and fascinate. Daimler consequently invests in the development of efficient drive trains with the long-term goal of locally emission-free driving: from hightech combustion engines about hybrid vehicles to electric drive trains powered by battery or fuel cell. Furthermore, the company follows a consistent path towards intelligent connectivity of its vehicles, autonomous driving and new mobility concepts. This is just one example of how Daimler willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility towards society and the environment. Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world's most valuable premium automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz (Source: Interbrand-Study „The Anatomy of Growth", 10/5/2016), as well as Mercedes-AMG, Mercedes-Maybach and Mercedes me, the brands smart, EQ, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, FUSO, Setra and Thomas Built Buses, and Daimler Financial Services' brands: Mercedes-Benz Bank, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Daimler Truck Financial, moovel, car2go and mytaxi. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2017, the Group sold around 3.3 million vehicles and employed a workforce of more than 289,300 people. With application of IFRS 15 and IFRS 9 in financial year 2017, Group revenue would have amounted to €164.2 billion and Group EBIT would have amounted to €14.3 billion. Before application of IFRS 15 and 9, Group revenue in 2017 amounted to €164.3 billion and Group EBIT amounted to €14.7 billion, as previously reported.