The dividend for the previous fiscal year (subject to the approval of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting) is payed once a year. The dividend is paid out on the next banking day after the day of the ASM.

As of December 31, 2010, Continental AG posted net retained earnings of €61.1 million (PY: retained losses of €993.7 million). The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting agreed to the proposal, that no dividend be paid for fiscal year 2010. Regardless of this, existing loan agreements would limit total possible distribution to €50.0 million anyway, corresponding to €0.25 per share.
The net loss of Continental AG disallowed in 2009 and 2010 the distribution of dividends for fiscal year 2008 respectively 2009.

	Dividend per share (EUR)	Dividend (€ millions)
2011	---	---
2010	---	---
2009	---	---
28 April 2008	2.00	323.4
25 April 2007	2.00	293