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DaimlerChrysler Shareholders Approve Dividend of Euro 2.35/$2.22 Per Share

21 April 2000

DaimlerChrysler Shareholders Approve Dividend of Euro 2.35/$2.22 Per Share

    BERLIN, April 19 Shareholders of DaimlerChrysler AG
(stock exchange symbol: DCX) today approved the company's 1999 dividend of
Euro 2.35/$ 2.22 per share.  All of the items on the company's agenda received
the approval of over 95 percent of the shareholders.  12,500 shareholders
attended the annual meeting at the International Congress Center in Berlin.
    The dividend is payable to shareholders of record on April 19, 2000.
Payments to shareholders will begin Thursday, April 20, 2000.  The total
dividend payout of Euro 2.4/$2.3 billion is the highest among companies listed
on Germany's DAX index.
    The shareholders in attendance, along with other shareholders voting on
the internet and by proxy (capital present: 39.64 %), approved:

    --  A resolution on authorizing the company to acquire its own shares.
The authorization is limited to the acquisition of about 10 percent of the
outstanding capital stock of the company on December 31, 1999.  The company
shall be authorized to acquire the shares until October 18, 2001.

    --  A resolution to set up a stock option plan to strengthen the company's
ability to attract top management people on a global scale.