WENDEL PRESS RELEASE April 16, 2015
WENDEL: AVAILABILITY OF THE 2014 REFERENCE DOCUMENT 2014 Reference DocumentWendel announces its 2014 Reference Document was registered with the French Market Authorities on, April 15,
2015, number D. 15‐0349. It is available to the public under current regulatory conditions and may be consulted in French only on the Wendel website, wendelgroup.com, "Finance" portal, section "Information réglementée". It is also available at the Wendel headquarters, 89 rue Taitbout, 75009 Paris.
This Reference Document comprises the 2014 annual financial report, the report by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board on the governance and on internal control, the reports from the Auditors and their fees, and the information required about the share buy‐back program.
Annual general meeting set for June 5, 2015Wendel informs its shareholders that the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting will be held on June 5, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. at the Palais Brongniart (Place de la Bourse, 75002 Paris).
Shareholders will be asked to approve a dividend of €2.00 per share, with ex‐dividend date on June 10,
2015 and dividend payment date on June 12, 2015.
2015 Calendar | |
Shareholders' Meeting / Publication of NAV and trading update (pre-market release) | Friday, June 5, 2015 |
H1 2015 earnings / Publication of NAV (pre-market release) | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
2015 Investor Day / Publication of NAV and trading update (pre-market release) | Thursday, December 3, 2015 |
Wendel is one of Europe's leading listed investment firms. The Group invests in Europe, North America and Africa, in companies that are leaders in their field, such as Bureau Veritas, Saint-Gobain, Materis Paints, Stahl, IHS and Constantia Flexibles. Wendel plays an active role as industry shareholder in these companies. It implements long-term development strategies, which involve boosting growth and margins of companies so as to enhance their leading market positions. Through Oranje-Nassau Développement, which brings together opportunities for investment in growth, diversification and innovation, Wendel is also a shareholder of Van Gansewinkel Groep in the Netherlands, exceet in Germany, Mecatherm and Parcours in France, Nippon Oil Pump in Japan, Saham Group in Africa and CSP Technologies in the United States.
Wendel is listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris.
Standard & Poor's ratings: Long-term: BBB-, stable outlook - Short-term: A-3 since July 7, 2014.
Wendel is the Founding Sponsor of Centre Pompidou-Metz. In recognition of its long-term patronage of the arts, Wendel received the
distinction of "Grand Mécène de la Culture" in 2012.
Caroline Decaux: +33 (0)1 42 85 91 27 Elisa Muntean: +33 (0)1 42 85 63 67 c.decaux@wendelgroup.com e.muntean@wendelgroup.com
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