The Company is committed to a future pay-out ratio of 40% of the net profit attributable to the shareholders of Daimler AG.

In order to be entitled to the dividend payment after the annual meeting, you need to buy the shares (ISIN: DE 000 7100000) at the latest on the day of the Annual Meeting. A minimum period of holding the shares before or after the Annual Meeting is not required. In case of a purchase off-exchange/ over-the-counter deviations may apply. You can obtain information about possible deviations from the seller of the shares.

1. Principles

For persons residing or normally living in the Federal Republic of Germany, dividends received from the company are subject to German taxation. The dividends are taxed at a flat witholding tax rate of 25 %, which must be withheld at source by the bank. A solidarity surcharge (5.5 % of the flat withholding tax) and church tax, if applicable, (8 % or 9 % of the final withholding tax, depending on the location) is added. The flat withholding tax is the final tax.

The dividend income taxed at source does not have to be declared in the German income tax return. However, if the investment income was not subject to the flat tax withholding at source, the dividend income must be declared in the tax return. Taxpayers with an average personal income tax rate below 25 % can apply the lower tax rate to the investment income that is declared in the German income tax return.

1.1. Privately owned stock

The dividend should be shown separately in the declaration of capital gains. In the case of capital gains for 2012, a tax-free amount of EUR 801 (single persons) / EUR 1,602 (jointly taxed married couples).

1.2. Company-owned stock

The dividend is regarded as business income. The retained withholding tax and retained solidarity surcharge are offset against the income tax or corporation tax owed by the stockholder.

2. Payment of the dividend

2.1. In the absence or either a tax relief instruction or tax exemption certificate

The custodian bank pays the dividend to the stockholders deducting 25% withholding tax and 5.5% solidarity surcharge.

		1 Share	1,000 Shares
Dividend per share		2.20 Euro	2,200.00 Euro
less withholding tax	25%	-0.55 Euro	-550.00 Euro
less solidarity supplement on the withholding tax	5,5% of 25%	-0.03 Euro	-30.25 Euro
Payment		1.62 Euro	1,619.75 Euro

The stockholder can file an application for a single tax voucher („Einzelsteuerbescheinigung”) at the custodian bank showing the retained withholding tax and solidarity surcharge if the stockholder wants to apply for a reimbursement with the Bundeszentralamt für Steuern.

2.2. There is an adequate tax relief instruction or a tax exemption certificate.

The custodian bank pays the stockholder the dividend without deducting withholding tax or the solidarity supplement.

		1 Share	1,000 Shares
Dividend		2.20 Euro	2,200.00 Euro
Payment		2.00 Euro	2,200.00 Euro