Wurst-Case Scenario: Sausage brawl at Daimler Annual Meeting

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Transport Topics  /  April 6, 2016

As shareholders at truckmaker Daimler AG approved the biggest dividend in the company’s history, two investors got into a fight at its annual general meeting over complimentary sausages.

The world’s largest truckmaker was forced to call police after one shareholder began packing away multiple sausages from the buffet.

A woman intervened, and the two got into a verbal altercation.

Daimler served about 12,500 wursts to the 5,500 shareholders who attended the meeting in Berlin, spokeswoman Silke Walters said.

Buffets that can cost far more than one share of stock are part of the culture of European shareholder meetings, which can drone on the better part of a full day as investors chow down on everything from hearty pretzels and bratwurst to coffee and cake.

Daimler shareholders approved a dividend of 3.25 euros per share on April 6, enough for a double-pack of sausages at German discounter Aldi.

Daimler Chairman Manfred Bischoff said the company clearly needs to do more to satisfy their hunger.

“Either we need more sausages, or we’ll have to get rid of the sausages entirely,” Bischoff said.
 

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When I read that in DPA International, I first thought it was a late April Fools joke until I saw footage on BBC.    Paul