At the annual shareholders’ meeting on May 27, 2020, the executive and supervisory boards will be proposing a dividend of €1.15 per share. Based on the closing share price at year-end 2019 that gives a dividend yield of 4.2 percent, positioning Evonik among the top chemical companies. Net income for the year more than doubled to €2.1 billion, driven primarily by proceeds from the sale of the Methacrylates business in July 2019.