Partners Group announces results of Partners Group Holding AG's Annual General Meeting of shareholders and shares statement from Chairman of the Board

The Annual General Meeting of shareholders was held today at Partners Group's headquarters in Baar-Zug, Switzerland, during which shareholders approved all proposals of the Board of Directors.

1. Approval of the 2016 Annual Report together with the consolidated financial statements and the individual financial statements
   The shareholders approved the 2016 Annual Report together with the consolidated financial statements and the individual financial statements.
   
2. Motion for the appropriation of available earnings
   The shareholders approved the payment of a dividend of CHF 15 per share. The disbursement of the dividend is scheduled for 17 May 2017, the shares will trade ex-dividend from 15 May 2017 onwards, and the dividend record date is 16 May 2017.
   
3. Consultative vote on the 2016 Compensation Report
   The shareholders approved the 2016 Compensation Report in a consultative vote.
   
4. Discharge of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee
   The shareholders granted the members of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee discharge from liability with regards to their activities in the fiscal year 2016.
   
5. Approval of compensation
   
   5.1 Approval of the total compensation of the Board of Directors
   The shareholders approved the total compensation of the Board of Directors for the period until the next annual shareholders' meeting.
   
   5.2 Approval of the total compensation of the Executive Committee
   The shareholders approved the total compensation of the Executive Committee for the 2018 fiscal year.
   
6. Elections
   The shareholders elected Dr. Peter Wuffli as Chairman of the Board of Directors for a term of office that ends at the conclusion of the next annual shareholders' meeting. Furthermore, the shareholders elected Dr. Charles Dallara, Grace del Rosario-Castaño, Dr. Marcel Erni, Michelle Felman, Alfred Gantner, Steffen Meister, Dr. Eric Strutz, Patrick Ward and Urs Wietlisbach, as members of the Board of Directors for a term of office that ends at the conclusion of the next annual shareholders' meeting.
   
   The shareholders also elected Grace del Rosario-Castaño, Steffen Meister and Dr. Peter Wuffli as members of the Nomination & Compensation Committee for a term of office that ends at the conclusion of the next annual shareholders' meeting.
   
   The shareholders furthermore elected Hotz & Goldmann in Baar, Switzerland, represented by Alexander Eckenstein, Partner, as Independent Proxy for a term of office that ends at the conclusion of the next annual shareholders' meeting and re-appointed KPMG AG, Zurich, Switzerland, as the auditing body for another term of office of one year.
   

Dr. Peter Wuffli, Chairman of Partners Group, comments: "We are pleased to announce that all agenda items submitted by the Board were approved by shareholders at today's AGM, which had the highest attendance of any Partners Group AGM to-date. We are operating in a market environment characterized by low global growth and meaningful tail risks, in which prices across asset classes have reached unusually high levels. Despite the difficult investment environment, we remain fundamentally convinced that Partners Group has positioned itself to succeed as a leading global private markets investment manager. However, while we look confidently ahead and re-confirm our current year's guidance to the market, the very high multiples in public markets, including that of our own firm, may have reached very ambitious levels."