Dividend

The Annual Shareholders' Meeting of April 27, 2018 resolved to pay a dividend of €4.50 per no-par-value share for the fiscal year 2017.

On May 3, 2018, the dividend will be paid after deduction of 25 % withholding tax plus 5.5 % solidarity surcharge on the withholding tax (totalling 26.375 %) and, if applicable, church tax on the withholding tax.

In the case of domestic shareholders, the dividend will be paid without deducting withholding tax and solidarity surcharge if they have submitted to their depository bank a "Non-assessment note" issued by the responsible tax authority. The same applies in whole or in part to shareholders who have provided their depositary bank with an “exemption order”, provided the amount of the exemption stated in this order has not already been used up by other income from capital investments.

In the case of foreign shareholders, the withholding tax including solidarity surcharge withheld may be reduced under double taxation treaty existing between the Federal Republic of Germany and the respective country. Applications for the reimbursement of the reduction amount must be addressed in time to the Federal Tax Agency (Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, D-53221 Bonn, Germany).

The following bank and its branches serve as appointed paying agent:

in Germany: 

UniCredit Bank AG

80311 München

Hannover, April 27, 2018

Continental AG

Executive Board

¹In accordance with Section 58, Paragraph 4, Sentence 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the entitlement to the dividend is due on the third business day following the resolution of the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.