Ad-hoc | 18 March 2008 15:56
KUKA Aktiengesellschaft / Dividend/Share Buyback
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The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of KUKA Aktiengesellschaft
resolved on March 18, 2008 to propose to the annual general meeting of KUKA
Aktiengesellschaft that it votes in favor of paying a dividend of EUR 1.00
per dividend-bearing share from KUKA Aktiengesellschaft's 2007 financial
year net profit.
Furthermore, on March 18, 2008, the Executive Board of KUKA
Aktiengesellschaft resolved in accordance with article 71, para. 1, item 8
of the German Corporation Act (AktG), to exercise the authority granted it
at the annual general meeting of May 16, 2007 to buy back own shares and to
acquire up to 2,660,000 shares of the company on the open stock market. The
amount corresponds to up to 10 percent of current total share capital. The
buyback is to take place between March 25, 2008 and August 29, 2008 at the
latest, under the direction of a bank, which will be obligated to ensure
that the buyback of the shares on the stock market is carried out in
accordance with the resolution at the annual general meeting dated May 16,
2007 and the instructions outlined in article 5, para. 1 and 2 of directive
(EG) No. 2273/2003.
KUKA Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board
Contact:
Herr von Muenchhausen
Tel.: +49 (0)821 7975-325
Fax: +49 (0)821 7975 333
E-Mail: v.muenchhausen@kuka.com
18.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: KUKA Aktiengesellschaft
Postfach 43 12 69
86072 Augsburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)821 797 - 0
Fax: +49 (0)821 7975 - 333
E-mail: IR@kuka.com
Internet: www.kuka.com
ISIN: DE0006204407
WKN: 620440
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
Hannover, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart; Foreign
Exchange(s) SWX
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