In the 2009 financial year, the profit on ordinary activities of the UNIQA Group fell slightly by 8.7% to reach € 82 million (2008: € 90 million) primarily due to the difficult economic conditions and exceptional strains in the area of property and casualty insurance (storms in the third quarter) and increased burdens on the investment results in the area of participations and credit-sensitive capital investments. At the Annual General Meeting, the Management Board will nevertheless propose to the Supervisory Board a dividend distribution that remains unchanged from the previous year at 40 cents per share.
