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The dividend
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Munich Re's Annual General Meeting on 20 April 2011 voted to distribute a dividend of €6.25 per share for the business year 2010 to the shareholders. In relation to the 2010 year-end share price the dividend yield is equal to 5.5 percent. The dividend notice can be found in the section “Annual General Meeting 2011”.

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