Daimler Shareholders Approve Board of Management Remuneration

BERLIN, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the Annual General Meeting of Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol DAI) held in Berlin on Wednesday, the company's shareholders approved the system of remuneration for the members of the Board of Management. The German Act on the Appropriateness of Management Board Remuneration, which came into effect on August 5, 2009, allows for the Annual Meeting to vote on the system of remuneration for the members of the Board of Management. Due to this new legislation, the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG placed the system of remuneration for the members of the Board of Management on the agenda of the Annual Meeting for the shareholders' approval. The shareholders voted in favor of the remuneration of the Board of Management for the year 2010 with 95.97% of the votes cast.

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Furthermore, the Annual Meeting elected Dr. Paul Achleitner to the Supervisory Board as successor to Arnaud Lagardere, who is leaving this Board. Achleitner, a member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, is a member of the Daimler Supervisory Board until the end of the 2015 Annual Meeting.

The actions of the members of the Board of Management in 2009 were ratified with 98.32% of the votes cast; the actions of the members of the Supervisory Board were ratified with 98.05%.

The Annual Meeting also authorized the Board of Management to issue convertible bonds and/or bonds with warrants with a total face value of up to euro 10 billion and to create a new Conditional Capital 2010 of euro 500 million arising from those convertible bonds and/or bonds with warrants. The previous authorization to issue convertible bonds and/or bonds with warrants had expired on April 5, 2010.

This year's Annual Meeting at the Berliner Messe exhibition center was attended by approximately 4,700 shareholders (2009: 7,000). 40.28% of the shareholders' voting rights were represented at the Annual Meeting.

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Daimler AG is one of the world's most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world's biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides its customers with a full range of automotive financial services including financing, leasing, insurance and fleet management.

The company's founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As an automotive pioneer, Daimler continues to shape the future of mobility. The Group applies innovative and green technologies to produce safe and superior vehicles which fascinate and delight its customers. With the development of alternative drive systems, Daimler is the only vehicle producer investing in hybrid drive, electric motors and fuel-cell systems, with the goal of achieving emission-free mobility in the long term. This is just one example of how Daimler willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility towards society and the environment.

Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world's most valuable automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the brands smart, Maybach, Freightliner, Western Star, Fuso, Setra, Orion and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt, New York and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2009, the Group sold 1.6 million vehicles and employed a workforce of more than 256,000 people; revenue totaled euro 78.9 billion and EBIT amounted minus euro 1.5 billion.

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