The dividend for the previous fiscal year is paid once a year after the approval of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board propose to the Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting on April 29, 2021 that the net income of the Company for fiscal 2020 in the amount of € 6,038,832,249.02 will be carried forward to new account.
| Year | Dividend | Annual Shareholders' Meeting | Dividend Payment1 |
| 2019 | €3.00 | July 14, 2020 | July 17, 2020 |
| 2018 | €4.75 | April 26, 2019 | May 2, 2019 |
| 2017 | €4.50 | April 27, 2018 | May 3, 2018 |
| 2016 | €4.25 | April 28, 2017 | May 4, 2017 |
| 2015 | €3.75 | April 29, 2016 | May 2, 2016 |
| 2014 | €3.25 | April 30, 2015 | May 4, 2015 |
| 2013 | €2.50 | April 25, 2014 | April 26, 2014 |
1Since 2017, in accordance with Section 58, Paragraph 4, Sentence 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the entitlement to the dividend is due on the third business day following the resolution of the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.
