Disclosed dividend payments and transfers of profits in accordance with the Articles of Association were broken down as follows in the fiscal year:
| XLS |
|
€ million |
2008 |
2007 | ||
|
Dividend payments |
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends to shareholders |
–206.8 |
|
–67.8 |
|
|
Dividends to minority shareholders |
–5.7 |
–212.5 |
–9.2 |
–77.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profits transferred |
|
|
|
|
|
Profit transfer in accordance with the Articles of Association from E. Merck KG to Merck KGaA |
1.8 |
|
–2.1 |
|
|
Profit transfer in accordance with the Articles of Association from Merck KGaA to E. Merck KG |
–126.5 |
|
–65.1 |
|
|
Withdrawals by E. Merck KG from the reserves/profit carried forward by Merck KGaA |
–80.3 |
–205.0 |
–438.2 |
–505.4 |
|
Profit transfer |
|
–34.9 |
|
–30.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total dividend payments and profit transfers |
|
–452.4 |
|
–612.8 |
Free cash flow after dividend payments and profit transfers totaled € –14.0 million (2007:
€ –2,085.9 million).
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