The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV have approved all the proposals submitted to it by the Board of Directors.
40.04 % of the share capital was represented.
The General Meetings of Shareholders have approved:
The Meetings have also approved the other agenda points, including the amendments to the Articles of Association and the acquisition of ageas SA/NV shares.
Finally, the Meetings approved the proposal to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditor KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises/ Bedrijfsrevisoren for the financial year 2015.
Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning 190 years. It offers Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance products designed to suit their specific needs, today and tomorrow. As one of Europe's larger insurance companies, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the major part of the global insurance market. It operates successful insurance businesses in Belgium, the UK, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of over 40,000 people and reported annual inflows close to EUR 30 billion in 2015 (all figures at 100%).
[1] Dividend: the meeting approved a gross cash dividend of EUR 1.65 per Ageas share for the financial year 2015. The timetable is as follows: 9 May 2016: ex-dividend date; 11 May 2016: payment date (coupon no.5). More information about the fiscal treatment of the dividend can be found on http://www.ageas.com/en/investors/dividend .