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Daimler to pay its highest ever performance participation bonus of €4,100 per employee

Stuttgart

, Feb 09, 2012 -

In agreement with the General Works Council, the Board of Management of Daimler AG has set a performance participation bonus for the year 2011 of €4,100 (previous year: €3,150) be paid to each entitled employee. The amount of the annual employee bonus at Daimler AG is always related to the company’s performance in the previous financial year.

Daimler excels in anniversary year 2011: Group EBIT from ongoing business up by 24% to record level of €9 billion

Stuttgart

, Feb 09, 2012 -

Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol DAI) today presented its preliminary and unaudited earnings figures for the Group and the divisions in the year 2011. Daimler increased its Group EBIT from the ongoing business by 24% to €8,977 million in 2011 (2010: €7,212 million). Including special factors, Group EBIT rose by 20% to €8,755 million (2010: €7,274 million). Both EBIT figures are new records.

Winfried Hassemer to be a neutral intermediary at Daimler

Stuttgart

, Feb 02, 2012 -

Daimler has appointed Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Winfried Hassemer as an independent neutral intermediary (ombudsman) for Germany. He took up this position on February 1, 2012 and will receive information on any serious breaches of rules and regulations. “With the neutral intermediary we are expanding the possibilities for external and internal whistleblowers to contact us confidentially and if desired also anonymously, and to report any breaches of rules and regulations,” stated Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG for Integrity and Legal Affairs.

Roaming platform to make future of electromobility more customer-friendly

Stuttgart

, Jan 19, 2012 -

Germany is on its way to an emission-free future. With the aim of making Germany a leading market for electromobility, the German federal government’s National Development Plan for Electromobility combines climate protection and industrial policy. Its target is to have one million electric vehicles on the country’s roads by 2020. However, achieving this will require greater customer acceptance. Improved user-friendliness is a vital condition for this acceptance, and has prompted six German companies to sign a memorandum of understanding.

Daimler Adds 1,200 Positions in Ramp-up of Truck Production in North America

Stuttgart/Cleveland, North Carolina

, Jan 12, 2012 -

Daimler Trucks North America today announced the addition of a second shift and plans to ramp up production at its Freightliner Truck Manufacturing Plant in Cleveland, N.C. This will result in the creation of 1,200 new jobs, including 100 at the nearby DTNA Components and Logistics Plant in Gastonia, N.C.

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