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Shedloads for Shareholders

Dividends paid out by European listed companies for 2011* 

Germany – DAX30 top 30 listed companies: €27.5 billion, €26 billion (2010), €20 billion (2009), €28.1 billion (2007)  (1)

France – CAC40 top 40 listed companies: €37.3 billion,  €35 billion (2010), €36.6 billion (2009) (2)

Spain – IBEX 35 top 35 listed companies: €26 billion with €25 billion for 2012 (forecast) (3)

Italy – FTSE MIB top 40 listed companies €15-17 billion (against €13 billion in 2010, and €30 billion average in previous years) – Forecast (4)

Belgium – (31 out of 82 surveyed listed companies)  €6.2 billion, up 10% (5). Forecast in Jan. estimated Bel 20 top 20 listed companies would pay out €7.8 billion compared to €8.28 billion in 2010 (6)

Netherlands – Amsterdam Stock Exchange all companies – €12 billion, increase of €600 million compared to 2010. (7)

Greece Athens Stock Exchange (reported so far) €745 million, €1.4 billion (2010), €1.9 billion (2009), all time high of €5.4 billion (2007)  (8)

UK – (record) total of €83.3 billion (£67.8 billion(9) £18.8 billion record Q1 2012 (10)

*for the year 2011, distributed to shareholders  in 2012

Sources:

1 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/03/markets-europe-stocksnews-idUKL6E8F30WP20120403  http://www.dividend-news.com/details.php?ID=5407&title=Dividends-Made-in-Germany:-A-Review-of-Payouts-of-the-DAX-Index

2. http://archives.lesechos.fr/archives/2012/LesEchos/21095-136-ECH.htm

3. http://elpais.com/diario/2012/01/02/economia/1325458802_850215.html

4. http://www3.lastampa.it/tuttosoldi/soldi/news/articolo/lstp/395309/

5  http://blogs.lecho.be/lescracks/2012/04/bond-des-dividendes-en-baisse-tableau.html?highlight=dividendes+berne

6. http://blogs.lecho.be/lescracks/2012/01/78-milliards-de-dividendes-pour-le-bel-20.html

7. http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/prijzen/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2012/2012-3569-wm.htm?RefererType=RSSItem

8.http://financejournalmania.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/dividends-of-hellenic-listed-companies.html

9. http://mobile.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-31/u-k-dividends-increase-to-record-in-2011-as-bp-resumes-payments.html

10. http://www.independent.ie/business/european/uk-dividends-hit-188bn-record-3089224.html

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