Clariant's shareholders approve all agenda items
April 01 2019 - 10:15AM
Clariant AG / Clariant's shareholders approve all agenda items .
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Distribution increase to CHF
0.55 per share from capital contribution reserves
confirmed
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Integrated Report, Financial
Statements and Consolidated Financial Statements of Clariant for
the 2018 fiscal year approved
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Shareholders approve 2018
Compensation Report with an advisory vote
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Proposed amendments to the
Articles of Association approved
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All members of the Board of
Directors reelected
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Muttenz, April 1, 2019 - At today's Annual General
Meeting in Basel, the shareholders of Clariant AG, a focused and
innovative specialty chemical company, approved all agenda items
and resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors. The meeting was
attended by 459 shareholders and shareholder representatives
accounting for 232 891 106 shares or around 70.16 % of the share
capital of Clariant.
Hariolf Kottmann, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, said: "Over the past years, Clariant has consistently
emphasized that its intention to be among the world leaders in the
chemical industry in every respect. Along the way, we consistently
have to develop Clariant's portfolio into high-quality specialty
chemicals. We must continue to focus on the future and
significantly increase the company's profitability."
Ernesto Occhiello, CEO, confirmed that Clariant
has been successful in this aspect: "We have achieved our targets
and delivered to promise. Clariant will continue on this path while
shifting the focus to its customers even more and strives to create
the best customer experience. We want to deliver quickly and
reliably. We want to make our customers successful, because that
way we are successful as well."
At the Annual General Meeting, the Integrated
Report as well as the Financial Statements and Consolidated
Financial Statements of Clariant for the 2018 fiscal year were
approved with 99.94 % of the votes. The 2018 Compensation Report
was also approved on an advisory basis with 94.65 % of the
votes. The members of the Board of Directors and the Executive
Committee were discharged with 98.56 % of the votes. In
addition, the Annual General Meeting approved the appropriation of
the accumulated profit for 2018 with 99.93 % of the votes, as well
as a distribution of the confirmed reserves from capital
contributions of CHF 0.55 per share with 99.94 % of the votes.
The proposed amendments to the Articles of
Association, which were required in connection with Clariant's new
Long-Term Incentive Plan or to ensure that no further amendments to
the Articles of Association will be necessary in the event of
future reissues of similar performance-related compensation plans,
were approved.
All members of the Board of Directors were
reelected for one year by a large majority, as was the Chairman of
the Board of Directors, Hariolf Kottmann. PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
was confirmed as the statutory auditor for 2019.
The proposal for total compensation of the Board of Directors for
the term from the 2019 to the 2020 Annual General Meeting was
approved with 88.30 % of the votes, as was the total compensation
of the Executive Committee for the 2020 fiscal year, with
91.89 % of the votes.
The speeches (German only) of Hariolf Kottmann,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, CEO Ernesto Occhiello, and
guest speaker Christian Gueckel, Head of Strategy and Marketing,
Business Unit Catalysts, along with pictures are available on
http://www.clariant.com/en/Investors/Events/Annual-General-Meetings
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Clariant is a focused and innovative specialty chemical company,
based in Muttenz near Basel/Switzerland. On 31 December 2018 the
company employed a total workforce of 17 901. In the financial year
2018, Clariant recorded sales of CHF 6.623 billion for its
continuing businesses. The company reports in four business areas:
Care Chemicals, Catalysis, Natural Resources, and Plastics &
Coatings. Clariant's corporate strategy is based on five pillars:
focus on innovation and R&D, add value with sustainability,
reposition portfolio, intensify growth, and increase
profitability. |
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