Zurich – The Annual General Meeting 2021 of Cembra was held in Zurich today. Due to Covid-19 and the federal restrictions in place, shareholders did not attend the meeting in person. They transferred their rights to the independent voting proxy, who represented 58.50% of the issued shares
The following members of the Board of Directors were re-elected for a further one-year term of office: Felix Weber (Chairman), Urs Baumann, Thomas Buess, Denis Hall and Monica Mächler. Martin Blessing and Susanne Klöss-Braekler were newly elected to the Board of Directors.
The shareholders approved an ordinary dividend of CHF 3.75 per share. The dividend will be paid from retained earnings on 28 April 2021 (ex-date 26 April 2021).
The Annual General Meeting also voted in favour of all other agenda items, including the Annual Report 2020, the consultative vote on the Compensation Report 2020 as well as amendments to the articles of association.
Contacts
|
Media: |
Karin Broger; +41 44 439 85 12; media@cembra.ch |
||
|
Investor Relations: |
Marcus Händel; +41 44 439 85 72; investor.relations@cembra.c |
||
Key dates
|
26 April 2021: 28 April 2021: 22 July 2021: |
Ex-dividend date Dividend payment date Publication of 2021 half-year results and publication of the interim report |
||
About Cembra Money Bank
Cembra is a leading Swiss provider of financing solutions and services. Our product range includes consumer credit products such as personal loans and auto leases and loans, credit cards, the insurance sold in this context, SME loans, invoice financing, and deposits and savings products.
We have over 1 million customers in Switzerland and employ more than 1,000 people from 39 different countries. We have our headquarters in Zurich and operate across Switzerland through our network of branches and our online distribution channels, as well as our credit card partners, independent intermediaries and car dealers.
We have been listed as an independent Swiss bank on the SIX Swiss Exchange since October 2013. Cembra is rated A– by Standard & Poor’s and is included in the SXI Switzerland Sustainability 25 Index and in the 2021 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index.