08.05.14

Orell Füssli: Annual General Meeting adopts all motions

Category: 2014

Zurich, May 8, 2014 - The shareholders of Orell Füssli Holding Ltd adopted all motions proposed by the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting held on May 7, 2014.

105 shareholders representing 67.45 percent of the share capital attended the 124th Annual General Meeting in the Stock Exchange building in Zurich. The Annual General Meeting approved the annual report, the annual accounts and the consolidated financial statements for the 2013 financial year. They also formally approved the actions of the directors in 2013 and the proposal that no dividend should be paid. 

Current directors Heinrich Fischer, Gonpo Tsering and Dieter Widmer were re-elected for a further term of office of one year and Heinrich Fischer was confirmed as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Shareholders elected Dr Thomas Moser, Peter Stiefenhofer and Dr Anton Bleikolm as new members of the Board of Directors. Gonpo Tsering and Dr Thomas Moser were elected members of the Compensation Committee.

The Annual General Meeting also approved the amendment of the Articles of Association to comply with the Ordinance against Excessive Compensation at Publicly Listed Companies (VegüV) which came into effect on January 1, 2014, and elected PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, as statutory auditors for a further year.

Orell Füssli is a diversified industrial and trading group focusing on the core businesses of banknote and security printing, industrial systems used in the individualisation of security documents and branded products, and book retailing. The book publishing business has formed the traditional basis for the company since 1519. Orell Füssli generates sales of some CHF 300 million with about 1 000 employees at locations in 10 countries and is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange.

Contact
Orell Füssli Holding Ltd, Phone +41 44 466 72 73 / media[at]orellfuessli.com


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