EVS Broadcast Equipment invites its shareholders to the Ordinary General Meeting on May 15, 2012
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
EVS Broadcast Equipment, the leader in Professional Digital Video applications
for live, near-live and studio TV production, today published the invitation to
its Ordinary General Meeting to be held on May 15, 2012, at its headquarters in
Liège.
Aside from the usual topics, the Board of Directors will propose shareholders to
approve the following resolutions:
* The payment of a total gross dividend of EUR 2.36 (including the interim
dividend of EUR 1.16 paid in last December), implying a final gross dividend
of EUR 1.20 to be paid on May 25, 2012. This dividend represents a pay out
ratio of 100% and a dividend yield of 5.9% (gross dividend divided by
average share price of the last three months);
* The appointment of Mrs. Françoise Chombar (49) as an Independent Director of
the company for a term of three years. Mrs. Francoise Chombar has served as
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Melexis NV since February
15, 2011. Previously, she was appointed as co-Managing Director and Chief
Executive Officer from 2004 onwards and as Chief Operating Officer since
1994. From 1989 she served as Operations Manager and Director at several
companies within the Elex n.v. and Xtrion n.v. private holding companies.
Prior to that date, she served as Planning Manager at Elmos GmbH, a German
semiconductor company, from 1986 to 1989 and as Commercial Assistant at
Michel Vande Wiele n.v., a Belgian textile equipment manufacturer, from
1984 till 1985. She holds a master's degree as Interpreter in Dutch, English
and Spanish from the University of Gent. She's been mentor of the Women's
network Sofia (www.vrouwenmanagement.be) since 2000, a member of Women on
Board (www.womenonboard.be) since 2011 and honorary ambassador of the
Department of Applied Languages of the University of Gent since January
2012;
* The renewal of the mandate of Mr. Yves Trouveroy as an Independent Director
for a period of three years;
* The resignation of Mr. Jean-Pierre Pironnet as Director of the company,
effective as of the date of the Ordinary General Meeting;
* A profit sharing plan in the form of a grant of between 23 and 46 EVS shares
for EVS employees, depending on the employee seniority with the firm.
The full agenda of the Ordinary General Meeting of May 15 is available on the
website of EVS Broadcast Equipment at www.evs-global.com
For more information, please contact:
Jacques GALLOY, Director & CFO
Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Manager
EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A., Liege Science Park, 16 rue du Bois Saint-Jean, B-
4102 Ougrée (Liège), Belgium
Tel: +32 4 361 70 14. E-mail: corpcom(at)evs.tv; www.evs-global.com
About EVS Group
EVS Broadcast Equipment designs leading broadcast and media production systems
for sports, news and TV entertainment. Its innovative Live Slow Motion system
revolutionized live broadcasting, and its reliable and integrative tapeless
solutions are now widely used for non-linear editing and 3D HD productions
across the globe. The company's dedicated hardware and software suite offer a
complete production platform: live slow motion (LSM), high speed slow motion,
replay only, clips generation, quick clips editing, real-time SD/HD video files
transfer, time delay, multi-camera recording, metadata association, graphics
storage and play-out, digital transmission, multi-format ingest and play-back,
audio record & edit, webcasting, mobile phone clipping. Main software
applications like the "IP Director®" are running on the dedicated robust and
flexible hardware the "XT3® Platform". The world's leading broadcasters, such as
NBC, BSkyB, FOX, RTBF, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC, ESPN, TF1, CCTV, PBS, CBS, BBC,
ZDF, Channel One, Channel7, RAI, TVE, NEP, MEDIAPRO, EUROMEDIA, BEXEL, ALFACAM
and many others use EVS' solutions.
The company is headquartered in Belgium and has offices in Europe, the Middle
East, Asia and North America. Approximately 415 EVS professionals from 20
offices are selling its branded products in over 100 countries, and provides
customer support globally. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels:
EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, refer to www.evs-global.com,
www.evs.tv
XDC, of which EVS owns 41.3%, is the European leader for Digital Cinema
technology and services in Europe with more than 4,900 committed digital screens
in Europe, out of which 2,000 have already been deployed. www.xdcinema.com
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