BAD HOMBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ALTANA AG (NYSE:AAA)(FWB:ALT)(GER:ALT) announced at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting in Frankfurt that the net proceeds of the sale of the pharmaceuticals business will be transferred to shareholders in 2007 in the form of a special dividend. Based on the net proceeds as determined today, a special dividend of €32 per each dividend-bearing share (136 million shares) is expected. In addition ALTANA shareholders shall receive a dividend for the excellent financial year 2006. It is planned to propose a double-digit dividend increase to the Annual General Meeting – the eleventh double-digit dividend increase in succession – to expected €1.30 per share.
