EANS-News: Semperit AG Holding
Annual General Meeting resolves to distribute a
dividend of EUR 1.10 per share plus a special dividend of EUR 4.90 per share
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual & Special Corporate Meetings The 126th Annual General Meeting of Semperit AG Holding resolved to distribute an increased dividend of EUR 1.10 per share for the 2014 financial year (2013: EUR 0.90 per share) and an additional special dividend of EUR 4.90 per share. The ex-dividend day is scheduled for May 5, 2015. The dividend payout date has been set for May 8, 2015. Felix Strohbichler, future Managing Director of B&C Industrieholding, was elected to the Supervisory Board by the Annual General Meeting for the first time. The Supervisory Board mandates of Veit Sorger, Walter Koppensteiner and Ingrid Wesseln were extended for another term of office expiring at the Annual General Meeting in 2019. As a result, the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board now consist of Veit Sorger, Felix Strohbichler, Stefan Fida, Walter Koppensteiner, Patrick Prügger, Andreas Schmidradner, Astrid Skala-Kuhmann and Ingrid Wesseln. Michael Junghans, who previously served as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, resigned from his position on the Supervisory Board as of the end of today's Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting discharged the members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board from liability for the 2014 financial year. Furthermore, the Annual General Meeting resolved upon the remuneration of the Supervisory Board for the 2014 financial year. Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna was appointed to serve as the auditor of the annual financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the 2015 financial year. In today's constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board which followed the Annual General Meeting, Veit Sorger was reelected to serve as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and Felix Strohbichler was elected to be his new Deputy Chairman. About Semperit The publicly listed company Semperit AG Holding is an internationally-oriented group that develops, produces, and sells in more than 100 countries highly specialised rubber and plastic products for the medical and industrial sectors: examination and surgical gloves, hydraulic and industrial hoses, conveyor belts, escalator handrails, construction profiles, cable car rings, and products for railway superstructures. The headquarters of this long-standing Austrian company, which was founded in 1824, are located in Vienna, and the global R & D centre is in Wimpassing, Lower Austria. The Semperit Group employs about 6,900 people worldwide, including close to 4,100 in Asia and more than 800 in Austria (Vienna and production site in Wimpassing, Lower Austria). The Group has 22 manufacturing facilities worldwide and numerous sales offices in Europe, Asia, and America. In 2014 the group generated sales of EUR 930 million and an EBITDA of EUR 136 million. Further inquiry note: Martina Büchele Head of Group Communications Tel.: +43 676 8715 8621 martina.buechele@semperitgroup.com www.semperitgroup.com ; Stefan Marin Investor Relations Tel.: +43 676 8715 8210 stefan.marin@semperitgroup.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: Semperit AG Holding Modecenterstrasse 22 A-1030 Wien phone: +43 1 79 777-210 FAX: +43 1 79 777-602 mail: investor@semperitgroup.com WWW: www.semperitgroup.com sector: Synthetics & Plastics ISIN: AT0000785555 indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ViDX, Prime Market, ATX Global Players stockmarkets: official market: Wien language: English
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