Regulated information - Resolutions of the General Meetings of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV on 17 May 2017

Mittwoch, 17.05.2017 17:45 von GlobeNewswire

The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV have approved the proposals submitted to it by the Board of Directors.

41.91 % of the share capital was represented.

The General Meetings of Shareholders have approved:

• the company's statutory annual accounts for the financial year 2016;
• the payment of a gross cash dividend of EUR 2.10 per Ageas share^[1];
• the remuneration report;
• the appointment of Mrs. Katleen Vandeweyer as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors for a period of 4 years, until the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2021;
• the reappointment of Mr. Bart De Smet as executive member of the Board of Directors (CEO), for a period of 4 years, until the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2021;
• the cancellation of 7,170,522 own shares bought back in 2016.

The shareholders have also approved the other agenda points, including the amendments to the Articles of Association and the acquisition of ageas SA/NV shares.

Finally, the Meetings approved the proposal to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditor KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises/ Bedrijfsrevisoren for the financial year 2016.

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning 190 years. It offers Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance products designed to suit their specific needs, today and tomorrow. As one of Europe's larger insurance companies, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the major part of the global insurance market. It operates successful insurance businesses in Belgium, the UK, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and the Philippines through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of over 40,000 people and reported annual inflows close to EUR 32 billion in 2016 (all figures at 100%).