Danone:
On April 26, 2022, Danone held its Shareholders' Meeting, attended by 66.98% of its shareholders. All resolutions proposed by the Board were approved, including the financial statements for 2021 and a dividend distribution of €1.94 per share, payable on May 12, 2022. The meeting also confirmed the appointment of new Board members. Additionally, the Board agreed to cancel 13.2 million treasury shares and continue an Employee Share Subscription Plan, allowing eligible employees to subscribe to new shares at a 30% discount.
- Approval of a €1.94 per share dividend, payable on May 12, 2022.
- Appointment of new Board members enhances governance.
- Continuation of Employee Share Subscription Plan encourages employee investment.
- Rejection of a draft resolution proposed by minority shareholders.
Press Release – Paris, April 26, 2022
2022 Danone Shareholders’ Meeting:
Approval of all resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors
2022 Danone Shareholders’ Meeting: all resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors approved
Danone’s Shareholders’ Meeting was held today, chaired by Gilles Schnepp, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Danone’s shareholders approved all resolutions submitted to its approval by the Board of Directors, including the statutory and consolidated financial statements for the 2021 fiscal year, and the distribution of a dividend of
In addition, the Shareholders’ Meeting approved the appointment of all candidates proposed to join the Board of Directors – Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Patrice Louvet, Géraldine Picaud and Susan Roberts – and the ratification of the co-opting of Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet as Director.
The draft resolution (not supported by the Board of Directors) whose inclusion in the agenda of the Shareholders’ Meeting was requested by shareholders owning
Presentations made during the Shareholders’ Meeting, the detailed voting results per resolution, the answers to all written questions sent by shareholders, the Mission Committee’s annual report and a new version of the Board’s internal rules are available on Danone’s corporate website (www.danone.com). The video webcast of the Shareholders’ Meeting will be available on the website as of the end of the day.
Composition of the Board’s Committees
As announced on March 8, 2022, and following today’s approval of appointment of the new Directors by the Shareholders’ Meeting, the Board now has 3 committees composed as follow:
- Governance Committee: Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet (Chair and Lead Independent Director), Michel Landel and Patrice Louvet;
- Audit Committee: Géraldine Picaud (Chair), Frédéric Boutebba and Gilles Schnepp;
- Engagement Committee: Serpil Timuray (Chair), Michel Landel, Susan Roberts and Bettina Theissig.
Share Capital Decrease
At its meeting of April 26, 2022, the Board of Directors decided to cancel the 13.2 million treasury shares that were bought-back during the second half of 2021. This cancellation of treasury shares will be effective on April 28, 2022. Following this decision, the share capital of Danone will amount to 168,631,043.50 euros, represented by 674,524,174 shares.
Continuation of the global Employee Share Subscription Plan
The Board of Directors decided to continue in 2022 its capital increase program reserved to employees working for Danone foreign subsidiaries or in a situation of international mobility within the Group, launched in 2019.
Under this program, eligible employees of Danone foreign entities will be able to subscribe to new shares with a
The new shares will be listed under the same code as the existing Danone shares (ISIN code: FR0000120644) and will be fungible with those shares from their admission to trading.
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