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Dividend information

Shareholders at ABB's annual general meeting on May 5, 2009, approved a proposal by the ABB Board of Directors for a dividend of 0.48 Swiss francs per share, to be paid by way of a nominal value reduction. The ex-date and payment date are presented in the table below.

Each shareholder will receive a cash payment and the par value of each ABB Ltd share will be reduced from CHF 2.02 to CHF 1.54.

SIX Swiss ExchangeADS program on NYSENASDAQ OMX Stockholm
Last date of trading with entitlement to receive the dividendJuly 24, 2009July 21, 2009July 24, 2009
Record DateJuly 24, 2009July 24, 2009July 29, 2009
Ex-dateJuly 27, 2009July 22, 2009July 27, 2009
Payment DateJuly 27, 2009August 3, 2009August 3, 2009


Historical dividend information ABB Ltd

20082007200620052004200320022001200019991998
ABB Ltd dividend
per share (CHF)		0.480.480.240.12No
dividend		No
dividend		No
dividend		No
dividend
3.003.002.47*
* 1998 pro forma dividend per share, based on new single-class share structure.


Year Payment dateDividend per share
1999March 23, 2000 (shareholders registered in Switzerland)CHF 3.00
1999March 30, 2000 (shareholders registered in Sweden)SEK 15.72
2000March 26, 2001 (shareholders registered in Switzerland)CHF 3.00
2000April 2, 2001 (shareholders registered in Sweden)SEK 17.91
2001No dividend n/a
2002No dividend n/a
2003No dividend n/a
2004No dividendn/a
2005May 9, 2006 (shareholders registered in Switzerland)CHF 0.12
2005May 16, 2006 (shareholders registered in Sweden)SEK 0.72
2006May 8, 2007 (shareholders registered in Switzerland)CHF 0.24
2006May 15, 2007 (shareholders registered in Sweden)SEK 1.34
2007July 28, 2008 (shareholders registered in Switzerland)CHF 0.48
2007August 4, 2008 (shareholders registered in Sweden) SEK 2.79


Historical information for ABB AB

Year Payment dateDividend per share (SEK) A and B share
1988April 271.00
1989May 231.20
1990May 101.30
1991May 140.70**
1992May 111.80
1993April 301.80
1994April 261.00
1995May 111.15
1996May 21.60
1997April 221.75
1998April 212.10
1999April 122.18
*) Per-share data 1988-1996 have been adjusted for the stock split in ABB AB shares effective as of April 21, 1997.
**) Division ASEA (ABB AB) The shareholders received one Incentive share for each ASEA share held.




Historical information for ABB AG

YearPayment dateDividend per
bearer share (CHF)		Dividend per
registered share (CHF)
1988June 630.006.00
1989May 1750.0010.00
1990May 1462.5012.50
1991May 780.0016.00
1992May 1186.0017.20
1993May 1190.0018.00
1994May 1018.00*3.60*
1995May 920.004.00
1996May 730.006.00
1997April 2238.00**7.60**
1998April 2140.008.00
1999April 1241.008.20

In 1999, former ABB AG shareholders received a special dividend of CHF 278 million - CHF 30 gross per bearer share and CHF 6 gross per registered share - to equalize the net cash positions of the two parent companies. The special dividend was paid on June 25.

*) In May, 1993, 1:5 split of the Bearer shares of CHF 500 par value and the Registered shares of CHF 100 par value.
**) On July 10, 1997 CHF 50 per Bearer share and CHF 10 per Registred share was paid back to shareholders through a capital reduction.

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