Questions & Answers regarding
dividends and taxation
Overview
What was the dividend amount for the 2007 financial year?
The shareholders of Daimler approved at the Annual Meeting held on April 9, 2008, a dividend of EUR 2.00 per share for the year 2007 (in 2007 for 2006: EUR 1.50/ USD 2.00). The gross dividend amount after conversion into USD is USD 3.17. The net rate per share (less 21.1 % withholding tax) is USD 2.50. The total dividend distribution amounted to EUR 1.928 billion (in 2007 for 2006: EUR 1.542 billion).
The deviation from the published proposal on the appropriation of profits is due to the reduction in the number of shares entitled to a dividend caused by the acquisition and cancellation of the company’s own shares. This difference in an amount of €99,616,628.00 was carried forward to new account.
The dividend takes account not only of the development of operating profit and cash flow in 2007, but also of our expectations for the coming years.
When was the dividend paid / When was the ex dividend date?
The dividend amount was paid on the first working day after the Annual Meeting, i.e. on April 10, 2008 to the custodian banks which take care of the dissemination to the shareholders. This was also the day of ex dividend trading in the stock.
How much was the dividend in former years and when was the pay-out?
A table with dividend amounts and payment dates is available here.
Until when do I need to purchase shares to be entitled to a dividend?
Shareholders are entitled to a dividend payment according to the number of shares in the Company (isin DE 000 7100000) they hold in their account at the day of the Annual Meeting. A minimum period of holding the shares before or after the Annual Meeting is not required.
Who can I contact for questions on the dividend payment?
In case of collective safekeeping, please contact your personal / custodian bank.
Owners of DaimlerChrysler share certificates should contact
in Europe/Asia:
Registrar Services GmbH
P.O. Box
60630 Frankfurt
Germany
Phone ++49-(0) 1805 00 18 52
Fax ++49-(0) 69 - 913-39100
e-mail: daimler.service@rsgmbh.com
in North America:
Daimler
c/o The Bank of New York Mellon
PO BOX 11022
New York NY 10277-2632
USA
Phone: 001-800-470-7418
e-mail: shareowner-svcs@BankofNY.com
Payment and taxation of dividends for stockholders of the company in Germany?

1. Principles
For persons residing or normally living in the Federal Republic of Germany, dividends received from the company are subject to German taxation. Tax is due on 50 % of the dividend.
The withholding tax retained on payment of the dividend is deducted from the personal income tax or corporation tax payable by the stockholder. Should this amount exceed the personal income tax or corporation tax due, the excess amount is repaid.
The German solidarity supplement retained on payment of the dividend is deducted from the solidarity supplement owed by the stockholder. Should the deducted solidarity supplement exceed the solidarity supplement owed, the excess amount is repaid.
1.1. Privately owned stock
The dividend should be shown separately in the declaration of capital gains. In the case of capital gains for 2008, a tax-free amount of EUR 750  (single persons) / EUR 1,500 (jointly taxed married couples) and an overall allowance for professional expenditure of EUR 51 (single persons) / EUR 102 (jointly taxed married couples) applies.
1.2. Company-owned stock
The dividend is regarded as business income. The retained withholding tax and retained solidarity supplement 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 20% withholding tax and 5.5% solidarity supplement.
1 Share
1,000 Shares
Dividend per share
2.00 Euro
2,000.00 Euro
less withholding tax
20%
-0.40Euro
-400.00 Euro
less solidarity supplement on the withholding tax
5,5% of 20%
-0.02 Euro
-22.00 Euro
Payment
1.58 Euro
1,578.00 Euro
The custodian bank provides the stockholder with a certificate showing the retained withholding tax and solidarity supplement.
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
2.00 Euro
2,000.00 Euro
Payment
2.00 Euro
2,000.00 Euro
2.3. Stock Certificates
It was possible to issue stock in certificate form until August 2007. If stock certificates are held the stockholder is unable to issue a tax relief instruction for this stock and withholding tax / solidarity supplement is always retained. The retained taxes are offset against the stockholder's total tax liability.
Together with the dividend cheque from the company the owner of stock certificates receives a statement of account which may be presented to the fiscal authorities as a tax certificate.
What is important regarding payment and taxation of the dividend for stockholders of the company living abroad?

1. Principles
1.1. Taxation in Germany
Natural persons who are neither resident nor normally living in Germany are subject to income tax on capital gains under Section 49 EStG (German income tax legislation). These include dividends from German corporations.
For persons to whom this provision applies, the income tax deducted from the dividend as withholding tax is deemed to settle the tax liability of these persons. The level of withholding tax retained in Germany also depends on the provisions of any double taxation agreements between the Federal Republic of Germany and the stockholder's home country.
1.2. Taxation abroad
Taxation of German dividends in the stockholder's home country is subject to the local fiscal regulations.
2. Payment of the dividend
The custodian bank pays the dividend to the stockholders deducting 20% capital gains tax and 5.5% solidarity supplement.
1 Share
1,000 Shares
Dividend per share
2.00 Euro
2,000.00 Euro
less withholding tax
20%
-0.40 Euro
-400.00 Euro
less solidarity supplement on the withholding tax
5,5% of 20%
-0.02 Euro
-22.00 Euro
Payment
1.58 Euro
1,578.00 Euro

The custodian bank provides the stockholder with a certificate showing the retained withholding tax and solidarity supplement. The corporate tax credit is also confirmed.
If the amount (tax rate) of the retained withholding tax and solidarity supplement exceeds the amount (tax rate) provided for in any existing double taxation agreement, US shareholders may apply for an automated repayment of the excess amount. Shareholder of other nationalities may apply for a reimbursement with the
Bundeszentralamt für Steuern
An der Küppe 1
D-53225 Bonn
Germany

Tel. +49(0) 228-406-0
Fax +49(0) 228-406-2661
Internet: www.bzst.bund.de
Pre-printed forms can be ordered via the internet address of the Bundeszentralamt für Steuern.
The amount must be claimed until December 31, 2012.
The above information is not exhaustive and does not take a large number of individual cases into account (e.g. stocks held by a fund or a tax-exempt legal entity in Germany). In such cases the stockholder should seek professional advice.
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