OREANDA-NEWS. Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, has acquired 22,000 shares of Daimler AG. With the purchase of these shares, Dr. Zetsche is investing approximately EUR 1,146,000 in Daimler.

“With this share purchase, Dieter Zetsche is underscoring his confidence in a sustained and positive development for Daimler. At the same time, it is a signal to all the other Daimler shareholders,” stated Jorg Howe, Corporate Spokesman and Head of Global Communications at Daimler AG.

For the acquisition of the shares, Dr. Zetsche applied the proceeds he had just received from the exercise of an existing stock option plan (in this case, options of the plan from the year 2004).