Fight Over Frankfurters Stops Daimler Shareholder Meeting
This isn’t an article from The Onion, honest.
Last week, a Diamler shareholder meeting in Berlin was interrupted by yelling and fisticuffs after one shareholder spotted a man wrapping up extra frankfurters at a buffet lunch to take home. The police had to be called in to break up the disruption, which resulted in the female accuser filing a complaint of slander. Given that over 5,000 shareholders were present at the meeting (roughly half the shareholders), a shortage of sausages was not really in question, as it is customary for German shareholder meetings to be catered.
A highlight of the event, aside from the fight, was that Diamler announced their highest dividend ever, as presented by Manfred Bischoff (who himself was re-elected as chairman of the supervisory board for Diamler AG). Dividends went to 3.25 euro per share, which is a big increase from 2.45 from just the year previous. This adds up to 3.4 billion euro in paid dividends.
Besides, Mercedes-Benz, Daimler also oversees a wide number of global brands, such as Freightliner, WesternStar, and Mitsubishi Fuso, just to name a few.
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Via [The Guardian]
