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The dividend
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Munich Re's Annual General Meeting on 26 April 2012 voted to distribute a dividend of €6.25 per share for the business year 2011 to the shareholders. In relation to the 2011 year-end share price the dividend yield is equal to 6.6 percent. The dividend notice can be found in the section “Annual General Meeting 2012”.

Dividend per share in € (unadjusted figures)
Year Dividend per share Total number of shares entitled to dividend
2011 6.25 177,630,198 1
2010 6.25 177,582,403 2
2009 5.75 186,471,907 3
2008 5.50 195,087,851 4
2007 5.50 204,419,711 5
2006 4.50 219,645,444 6
2005 3.10 228,007,663 7
2004 2.00 228,519,407 8
2003 1.25 229,003,159 9
2002 1.25 178,330,916 10
2001 1.25 176,618,201 11
2000 1.25 176,944,072
1999 12 0.95 176,919,776
1998 13 0.92 88,459,840
97/98 0.92 84,959,840
96/97 14 0.87 82,975,200
95/96 8.18 8,283,500
94/95 6.90 7,583,500
93/94 6.14 7,583,500
92/93 5.62 6,733,500
91/92 5.11 6,733,500
90/91 5.11 6,700,000
89/90 5.11 6,700,000
1 Not entitled to a dividend were 1,711,014 own shares.
2 Not entitled to a dividend were 10,886,068 own shares.
3 Not entitled to a dividend were 1,996,564 own shares.
4 Not entitled to a dividend were 2,313,773 own shares.
5 Not entitled to a dividend were 1,984,093 own shares.
6 Not entitled to a dividend were 1,893,971 own shares.
7 Not entitled to a dividend were 1,572,570 own shares.
8 Not entitled to a dividend were 1,060,826 own shares.
9 Not entitled to a dividend were 577,074 own shares.
10 Not entitled to a dividend were 336,371 own shares.
11 Not entitled to a dividend were 331,732 own shares.
12 After 1:2 stock split of the registered shares in January 1999.
13 Short business year.
14 After 1:10 stock split in August 1997.