Bekaert: General Meeting of Shareholders
13 Maggio 2020 - 11:31AM
Bekaert: General Meeting of Shareholders
General Meetings of Shareholders
- Approval of a gross dividend of € 0.35- Approval of the
proposed appointments
Today Bekaert’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders took
place, with Mr Jürgen Tinggren, Chairman of the Board of Directors,
in the chair. The following main subjects were considered.
The meeting approved the balance sheet and the income statement
as at 31 December 2019, as submitted by the Board of Directors,
including the distribution of a gross dividend of € 0.35 per
share.
The dividend ex-date is 14 May 2020. The dividend will be
payable on 20 November 2020 by the following banks: ING Belgium,
Bank Degroof Petercam, BNP Paribas Fortis, KBC Bank and Belfius
Bank in Belgium, Société Générale in France, ABN AMRO Bank in the
Netherlands and UBS in Switzerland.
The meeting acknowledged the 2019 annual report of the Board of
Directors, and approved the remuneration report for the year 2019.
The meeting discharged the Directors and the Statutory Auditor for
the performance of their duties during the financial year 2019 and
approved the remuneration of the Directors.
The meeting accepted the recommendations:- to confirm the
mandate of Mr Oswald Schmid as Director for a term of two years,
until the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2022;- to appoint Ms
Henriette Fenger Ellekrog as independent Director for a term of one
year, until the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2021;- to
appoint Ms Eriikka Söderström as independent Director for a term of
one year, until the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2021;- to
re-appoint Mr Christophe Jacobs van Merlen as Director for a term
of four years, until the Annual General Meeting to be held in
2024;- to re-appoint Ms Emilie van de Walle de Ghelcke as Director
for a term of four years, until the Annual General Meeting to be
held in 2024;- to re-appoint Mr Henri Jean Velge as Director for a
term of four years, until the Annual General Meeting to be held in
2024.
Related press release: 12 March 2020: Bekaert announces
leadership changes and nomination of new directors
The meeting approved a number of change of control
provisions.
Today an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders took
place as well. The meeting aligned the articles of association of
the Company with the new Code on Companies and Associations,
expanded the Company’s object and granted a number of
authorizations to the Board of Directors (among other things to
acquire, accept in pledge and transfer own securities and to
increase the capital).
The General Meetings were held behind closed doors in accordance
with the Royal Decree n° 4 of 9 April 2020 on various provisions
regarding legislation on co-ownership and companies and
associations, in the framework of the fight against the Covid-19
pandemic.
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