Press Release –
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
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 €1.94 per share in cash, in line with 2020. The ex-dividend date (or ex-date) is set on
In addition, the Shareholders’ Meeting approved the appointment of all candidates proposed to join the Board of Directors –
The draft resolution (not supported by the Board of Directors) whose inclusion in the agenda of the Shareholders’ Meeting was requested by shareholders owning 0.8% of the share capital was rejected by the Shareholders’ Meeting.
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
- Governance Committee:
Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet (Chair and Lead Independent Director),Michel Landel andPatrice Louvet ; - Audit Committee:
Géraldine Picaud (Chair), Frédéric Boutebba andGilles Schnepp ; - Engagement Committee:
Serpil Timuray (Chair),Michel Landel ,Susan Roberts and Bettina Theissig.
Share Capital Decrease
At its meeting of
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 30% discount of the reference price. The subscription period is expected to occur in
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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