DGAP-News: E.ON AG: E.ON shareholders approve resolution to transform E.ON into a Euro-pean Company (Societas Europaea)
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E.ON AG: E.ON shareholders approve resolution to transform E.ON into a
Euro-pean Company (Societas Europaea)
03.05.2012 / 17:20
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E.ON shareholders approve resolution to transform E.ON into a Euro-pean
Company (Societas Europaea)
E.ON AG is to become E.ON SE. Europe's largest invest-owned energy company
is going to be transformed into a European Company (Societas Europaea, or
'SE'). The transformation was approved by a large majority of shareholders
today at E.ON's 2012 Annual Shareholders Meeting. Shareholders representing
99.67 percent of the company's share capital voted for the transformation
resolution proposed by the Supervisory Board and Board of Management.
The Board of Management and Supervisory Board had proposed this measure in
order for the increasing internationalization of the company's workforce,
customers, and shareholders to be reflected in the form of its
incorporation. Approximately half of E.ON's employees, customers, and
shareholders now reside in European countries other than Germany. In
addition, the new form of incorporation will make it possible to manage the
company more efficiently. Shareholders today also approved new Arti-cles of
Association and elected the first six shareholder representatives for the
future SE. E.ON management has already conducted extensive discussions with
employee representatives and trade unions in Germany in preparation for the
transformation. Over the next six months, it will negotiate with employee
representatives from all European countries to determine the main aspects
of employee representation in the company. E.ON expects the transformation
to take effect, and for E.ON SE to be fully functional, towards the end of
this year. At that time, the employee representatives will be added to the
Supervisory Board. Until then, the current Supervisory Board will continue
to carry out its duties.
An SE is a stock corporation under EU law. This supranational form of
incorporation symbolizes E.ON's European and international alignment and
therefore represents a decisive step in the development of a company like
E.ON that operates globally. Shareholders of E.ON AG will automatically
become shareholders of E.ON SE; the transformation will not affect
shareholders rights or E.ON's financial reporting.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current
assumptions and forecasts made by E.ON Group management and other
information currently available to E.ON. Various known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors could lead to mate-rial differences between
the actual future results, financial situation, development or perform-ance
of the company and the estimates given here. E.ON AG does not intend, and
does not as-sume any liability whatsoever, to update these forward-looking
statements or to conform them to future events or developments.
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Language: English
Company: E.ON AG
E.ON-Platz 1
40479 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)211 4579-0
Fax: +49 (0)211 45 79-5 01
E-mail: investorrelations(at)eon.com
Internet: www.eon.com
ISIN: DE000ENAG999
WKN: ENAG99
Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime
Standard), Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart;
Terminbörse EUREX; Mailand
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