Dürr raises dividend to 1.00 euro per share

04/13/2000

The Supervisory Board and Board of Management of Dürr AG, Stuttgart, (WKN 556520) will propose payment of a dividend of 1.00 euro per unit share (previous year: 0.92 euro) to the shareholders' meeting on May 31, 2000.

The Supervisory Board of Dürr AG has agreed to the proposed dividend at its meeting on April 12, 2000. "With this payment our shareholders will benefit from our continued earnings-oriented growth trend" says Hans Dieter Pötsch, Chairman of the Board of Management of Dürr AG.

Not least thanks to several acquisitions in the past business year, the Dürr technology group was able to establish itself as a leading supplier of production systems and manufacturing support services, in particular for the automotive industry.

The annual financial statement of Dürr AG for the business year 1999 will be presented at the financial press conference on the coming Monday, April 17.