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THE DAIMLERCHRYSLER SHARES
27
20
40
60
80
100
Feb. 15
00
Dec. 31
99
June 30
99
Dec. 31
98
Nov. 17
98
DaimlerChrysler
Market Capitalization
(end of reporting period)
billions of €
Worldwide trading volume of DaimlerChrysler stock in 1999
amounted to 1.1 billion shares. Of these, 196 million were
traded in the US and 872 million in Germany (including Xetra
trading). DaimlerChrysler was among the top companies on
German stock exchanges in terms of volume. Contracts traded
for DaimlerChrysler shares on the Eurex (formerly German
Futures Exchange) were among the highest in volume.
In terms of dividend yield, with about 5% (including tax
credits), the DaimlerChrysler share has the highest value in
the international automobile industry and among the DAX 30
companies.
INCREASING NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS. DaimlerChrysler’s
shareholder base grew by more than 30% from 1.4 million
to 1.9 million shareholders in 1999 - a significant expansion.
This is evidence of continued confidence in DaimlerChrysler’s
stock and its attractiveness as a long-term investment.
Institutional investors, including Deutsche Bank (12%) and
the Emirate of Kuwait (7%), own approximately 75% of total
share capital. Around 25% is held by private investors. The
proportion of European shareholders increased further to
around 65%. Some 22% of the company’s equity is held by
investors in the US.
INCREASED USE OF NEW MEDIA FOR INVESTOR RELATIONS.
In 1999 we set up the DCX Investor Relations homepage
with great success. Here, investors can find not only
information on the company and its stock, but also all
annual and interim reports, SEC filings, corporate pre-
sentations and videos of these presentations. Currently
we have more than 10,000 page-visits a day and rising.
In addition, we have significantly enhanced our information
service. We publish a quarterly comprehensive fact-sheet for
the whole Group and a monthly updated production schedule
for the Chrysler Group. Furthermore, with our Investor
Relations Releases, we provide the 1,500 leading investors and
analysts with information by e-mail and fax on important
DaimlerChrysler events. This information is simultaneously
released to the press and posted onto the Internet so that pri-
vate investors have equal and simultaneous access to
information on all significant developments.
We have further intensified our contacts with institutional
investors. We personally answered institutional investors’
questions about DaimlerChrysler in more than 300 one-on-one
discussions; which included our 150 biggest shareholders.
About a third of these talks were conducted at Board of Mana-
gement level. Moreover, we present our company to the
investment community at all leading stock exchanges.
More than 16,000 shareholders attended the Annual Meeting of
DaimlerChrysler AG in May 1999.
Net income (basic)1)
Net income (diluted)1)
Dividend
Stockholders’ Equity (Dec. 31)
Number of shares
in millions (Dec. 31)
Share price: Year-end
High
Low
6.25 6.21 5.58
6.20 6.16 5.45
2.35 2.35
36.19 35.94 30.31
1,003.3 1,001.7
78 1/4 77.00 83.60
108 5/8 95.79 85.902)
65 5/16 63.26 70.612)
Statistics per Share 99 99
1) Excluding one-time effects.
2) Since November 17, 1998.
US $ €
98
€