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Dividends

Below you find all of importance concerning dividends:

Information about the dividend for fiscal 2009

Bayer AG’s Supervisory Board on February 24, 2010 accepted the proposal of the Board of Management to recommend to the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on April 30, 2010, a dividend for fiscal 2009 of EUR 1.40 per share. This matches the dividend paid for 2008. Despite the present difficult business environment, we would like to reflect our company’s operational earning power and future perspectives. Based on this proposal, the total dividend payout would amount to EUR 1.158 billion, up from EUR 1.070 billion for 2008. This increase is due to the fact that the number of shares entitled to a dividend grew from 764,343,225 to 826,947,808 upon conversion of a mandatory convertible bond in June 2009.

Information about the dividend for fiscal 2008

Conforming to the proposal of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board, the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting on May 12, 2009 passed the resolution to pay a dividend for fiscal 2008 of EUR 1.40 per share – up 3.7 percent from the previous year, resulting in a total dividend payment of €1,070 million. This results in a payout ratio of approximately 34 percent calculated on core earnings per share, which is within the target corridor of 30 to 40 percent. The dividend yield calculated on the share price of €41.55 at year end 2008 amounts to 3.4 percent.