08.05.2015

Orell Füssli: Annual General Meeting held on May 7, 2015 adopts all motions
Zurich, May 8, 2015 - 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, 2015. For the first time, shareholders voted on the future upper limit of the total remuneration for the Board of Directors and the Executive Board.

At the 125th Annual General Meeting Orell Füssli's shareholders adopted all motions proposed by the Board of Directors and approved the Annual Report, the annual accounts and the consolidated financial statements for the 2014 financial year. They formally approved the actions of the directors in 2014 and the proposal that no dividend should be paid.

All members of the Board of Directors were re-elected for a further term of office of one year and Heinrich Fischer was confirmed as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The current members of the Remuneration Committee, Gonpo Tsering and Dr. Thomas Moser, were re-elected for another one year term. PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, was confirmed as statutory auditors, and lic.iur. Andreas G. Keller as independent voting rights representative for a further year.

In a consultative vote, shareholders voted in favour of the remuneration report 2014 with 97.1 percent. They approved the total fixe remuneration of the Board of Directors for the period until the next ordinary Annual General Meeting with 97.7 percent. Furthermore, they voted in favour of the maximum total fixe and the total variable remuneration of the Executive Board for the financial year 2016 with 97.2 and 97.7 percent respectively. Thereby, Orell Füssli implements the terms of the Ordinance against Excessive Compensation in listed Stock Corporations.

95 shareholders representing 71.3 percent of the share capital attended the Annual General Meeting held at the Zurich Stock Exchange.

Calendar
Media release: half-year report for 2015 August 2015

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

Orell Füssli is a diversified industrial and trading group focusing on the core businesses of banknote & 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 almost 1 000 employees at locations in 10 countries and is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange.

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