Around 86% of the share capital with voting rights attended the Annual General Meeting. The proposal for the appropriation of profits, which provides for a dividend of 2.36 euros per share, was approved by a large majority. The remuneration report in accordance with Section 162 of the German Stock Corporate Act (AktG) and a partially revised remuneration system for the members of the Management Board were also approved.
As part of the regular elections for the Supervisory Board, Dr Ralf Wintergerst, Dr Peter Zattler, and Prof Dr Günter Schäfer were re-elected as shareholder representatives. Dr Elmar Legge did not stand for re-election. Jan Thyen, member of the Management Board and CFO of Giesecke+Devrient GmbH, was newly elected to the Supervisory Board. The employees of secunet Group had already re-elected Gesa-Maria Rustemeyer and Jörg Marx as employee representatives on the Supervisory Board on 19 March 2024 in accordance with the provisions of the One-Third Participation Act (DrittelbG). At the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board, which also took place today, Dr Ralf Wintergerst was confirmed in his role as Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
The detailed voting results of the Annual General Meeting are available for download at www.secunet.com in the section About Us / Investors / Annual General Meeting.
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