Combined Annual General Meeting of Getlink 18 April 2018
April 18 2018 - 10:45AM
Business Wire
- Approval of all resolutions voted
upon
- Renewal of mandate for Jacques
Gounon
- Ratification of the co-option of
Bertrand Badré
- Approval of nomination of Giovanni
Castellucci and Elisabetta de Bernardi di Valserra
Regulatory News:
The combined Annual General Meeting of Getlink (Paris:GET) took
place in Marcq-en-Baroeul (Nord) on Wednesday 18 April 2018. The
quorum of shareholders this year reached more than 69% of shares
with voting rights, out of a base of a total of 370,039,203 shares
present or represented, .
All of the resolutions put to a vote by the Board of Directors
were approved by a large majority1, with the resolutions relating
to the increase in dividend and executive pay for 2017 being
approved with, respectively, 99% and 98% of the vote.
The Ordinary General Meeting of the Groupe, having approved the
accounts, voted for a dividend of 30 centimes per share, an
increase of 15% compared to the previous year and representing a
payment of €165 million; ratified the co-option of Bertrand Badré
as an Independent Director; approved the nomination of Giovanni
Castellucci and Elisabetta de Bernardi di Valserra as Directors
representing Atlantia; renewed the mandates as Directors for a
further 4 years of Corinne Bach, Patricia Hewitt, Jacques Gounon,
Tim Yeo and Philippe Vasseur and voted to modify the statutes to
extend the maximum age of the Chief Executive Officer from 65 to
68, enabling the continuation of the mandate as Chief Executive
Officer of Jacques Gounon.
The Board comprises 77% independent Directors and 46% female
Directors.
Jacques Gounon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Getlink stated “I would like sincerely to thank our
shareholders who, year after year, faithfully support the Group’s
long term strategy and demonstrate their commitment to the future
of the business through their very clear voting.”
1 The detail of the votes for each resolution will be published
on the group’s website under Combined AGM for Getlink:
https://www.getlinkgroup.com/uk/shareholders-and-investors/general-meetings/2018-AGM/
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