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October 8, 2008, 08:38
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Dividend

91,4GfK Group: Dividend performance (since IPO)

	Dividend per non-par share	Cor-poration tax credit per non-par share ¹⁾²⁾	Total income	Total dividend payout	Pay out ratio ³⁾
Unit	EUR	EUR	EUR million	EUR million	%
2007	0.45	--- 2)	91.4	16.1	17.6
2006	0.36	--- 2)	71.2	12.8	17.9
2005	0.33	--- 2)	67.5	11.6	17.2
2004	0.30	--- 2)	53.1	9.4	17.7
2003	0.21	--- 2)	33.1	6.5	19.5
2002	0.17	--- 2)	25.7	5.2	20.2
2001	0.14	--- 2)	-4.7	4.4	---
2000	0.13	0.05	22.9	3.9	17.0
1999	0.11	0.03	8.7	3.4	39.1

¹⁾ For domestic, who are entitled to imputation credit.
²⁾ As of 2001 the dividend is subject to the "half income system", whereby the company pays a fixed rate of 25 per cent in corporation tax and cosequently, investors no longer benefit from a corporation tax credit.
³⁾ Total dividend in relation to total income - Possible rounding differences

Joerg Peters
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