Zurich, Switzerland – At today's Ordinary General Meeting, Cembra Money Bank AG's shareholders newly elected Dr. Monica Mächler to the Board of Directors. All other members of the Board of Directors (Dr. Felix Weber (Chairman), Christopher Chambers, Denis Hall, Richard Laxer, Prof. Dr. Peter Athanas and Urs Baumann) have also been re-elected for a further one year term of office.
Furthermore shareholders approved a dividend of CHF 3.10 per registered share for the business year 2014 (previous year CHF 2.85) resulting in a pay-out ratio of 66% of net income. As the dividend will be paid from the reserves from capital contributions, it will be exempt from Swiss withholding tax. The dividend will be paid starting 6 May 2015.
For the first time, Cembra Money Bank conducted a consultative vote on its Compensation Report 2014. In the non-binding vote, shareholders clearly voted in favor of the Compensation Report 2014. The General Meeting also approved all other agenda items.
93 shareholders (incl. proxies), representing 20,392,327 registered shares or 67.97% of the shares, attended the meeting.
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Media: | Juerg Staehelin (IRF Communications); +41 43 244 8151; juerg.staehelin@irfcom.ch |
Investor Relations: | Christian Waelti; +41 44 439 8572; christian.waelti@cembra.ch |
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4 May 2015 | Ex-dividend date |
5 May 2015 | Record date |
6 May 2015 | Dividend payment date |
20 August 2015 | Publication of half-year results 2015 |