Umicore - Notice of ordinary and special shareholders’ meetings; Announcement of a change to the Board
March 22 2019 - 3:30AM
Umicore - Notice of ordinary and special shareholders’ meetings;
Announcement of a change to the Board
Umicore invites its shareholders to the ordinary and special
shareholders’ meetings which will be held on Thursday
25 April 2019 at 17:00 at its registered office in
Brussels.
Please click the following link for more details regarding the
agenda, the admission conditions and voting modes for these
shareholders’ meetings:
http://www.umicore.com/en/investors/shareholder-meetings/
Umicore also announces a change to its Board of Directors to be
approved by the next ordinary shareholders’ meeting.
The Board of Directors has decided to propose the appointment of
Laurent Raets as a new Board member, to replace Colin Hall who will
not seek re-election. Laurent Raets, 39 and of Belgian nationality,
is Deputy Head of Investments at Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL)
which he joined in 2006. Laurent began his career in 2002 as
an M&A consultant at Deloitte Corporate Finance where he was
involved in buy and sell mandates, due diligence and valuation
assignments. He holds a Commercial Engineering degree from the
Solvay Business School in Brussels. He is censor of the board of
directors of Imerys, France.
Commenting on the move, Thomas Leysen, Chairman of the Board,
said: “I would like to thank Colin Hall for his engagement and
contribution to the Board of Directors and its Audit Committee
since 2016. I will miss Colin’s financial and investment insights
and I am sure that Laurent Raets, as his close colleague, will
provide a perfect replacement with his appointment, which is
subject to shareholders approval on 25 April. On behalf of the
Board, I would like to express our thanks and good wishes to Colin
and to extend a warm welcome to Laurent.”
For more information
Investor Relations
Evelien Goovaerts +32 2 227 78
38
evelien.goovaerts@umicore.com
Eva Behaeghe +32 2 227 70
68
eva.behaeghe@umicore.com
Aurélie Bultynck +32 2 227 74
34
aurelie.bultynck@umicore.com
Media Relations
Marjolein Scheers +32 2 227 71
47
marjolein.scheers@umicore.com
Umicore profile
Umicore is a global materials technology and recycling group. It
focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials
science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its
activities are organised in three business groups: Catalysis,
Energy & Surface Technologies and Recycling. Each business
group is divided into market-focused business units offering
materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new
technological developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates
most of its R&D efforts to clean mobility materials and
recycling. Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation
is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle materials
in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.
Umicore’s industrial and commercial operations as well as
R&D activities are located across the world to best serve its
global customer base. The Group generated revenues (excluding
metal) of € 3.3 billion (turnover of
€ 13.7 billion) in 2018 and currently employs
10,400 people.