BioMérieux S.A. Recommends Dividend, Payable on June 6, 2019; Appoints Valérie Leyldé as Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Communication and Member of the Executive Committee
February 27, 2019 at 01:00 am EST
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The board of directors of bioMérieux S.A. will recommend that shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on May 23, 2019 approve a dividend of €0.35 per share. This represents a total payout of €41.4 million, versus a prior-year payout of €40.2 million, and will be paid on June 6, 2019.
The company announced the appointment of Valérie Leyldé as Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Communication and member of the Executive Committee. These functions were previously overseen by Michel Baguenault, who continues to serve as company secretary and is notably in charge of internal audit, public relations and corporate social responsibility. Valérie Leyldé is a graduate of HEC Paris and Sciences Po Paris and has held various positions in bioMérieux's Human Resources Department. Prior to her recent appointment, which took effect on January 1, 2019, she served as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, Communication & Customer Excellence at Mérieux NutriSciences.
bioMérieux designs, develops, produces, and sells systems used in clinical practice to diagnose infectious diseases (including HIV, tuberculosis, and respiratory infections), cancers, and cardiovascular pathologies based on a biological sample (blood, saliva, urine, etc.). Net sales break down by sector of application as follows:
- medical applications (84.4%): in industry, microbiological testing of samples from finished products, materials during the manufacturing process, or the environment, primarily in the food-processing, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics sectors;
- industrial applications (15.6%).
The group's diagnostic systems consist of three elements with related services: reagents, instruments (or platforms or analyzers), software, and services.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Europe/Middle East/Africa (32.4%), North America (44.1), Asia/Pacific (17.3%) and Latin America (6.2%).
BioMérieux S.A. Recommends Dividend, Payable on June 6, 2019; Appoints Valérie Leyldé as Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Communication and Member of the Executive Committee
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