RHJ International: Extraordinary Shareholder's Meeting Update
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Renaming of RHJ International to BHF Kleinwort Benson Group
Appointment of Directors
Brussels, 24 February 2015 - RHJ International (the "Company" or "RHJI") hosted
today its Extraordinary Shareholder's Meeting (the "ESM").
RHJI informs that the ESM approved the following resolutions:
1- Change of the Company's name from RHJ International to BHF Kleinwort Benson
Group
The new name illustrates the group's activities as a provider of financial
services. The components of the new name reflect the names under which the
Company's principal operating subsidiaries conduct business. The change of name
will be effective on 24 March 2015.
2- Appointments to the Company's Board of Directors
The ESM approved the appointment of each of Dr Johannes Fritz, Mr Gerd Häusler,
Prof Dr Anne van Aaken and Mr Patrick Lei Zhong as director with effect as of
today and until immediately after the Annual Shareholders' Meeting which shall
be invited to approve the non-consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
year ending 31 December 2016.
Dr Matthias Döpfner, Mr Peter Foy and Mr Lucio A. Noto have resigned from the
Board of Directors as of today.
The Board of Directors shall be composed as follows:
Leonhard Fischer Executive Director
Dr Johannes Fritz Non-executive Director
Mr Gerd Häusler Non-executive Director, Independent Director
Prof Dr Anne van Aaken Non-executive Director, Independent Director
Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz Non-executive Director, Independent Director
Mr Patrick Lei Zhong Non-executive Director
3- Appointments as Independent Director comply with Belgian companies code
The ESM approved that each of Mr Gerd Häusler and Prof Dr Anne van Aaken
complies with the criteria of independance as provided for in Article 526ter of
the Belgian companies Code.
CEO Leonhard Fischer said:
"Our new name, BHF Kleinwort Benson, cements our focus on financial services and
brings together two strong brands in their respective markets. I am pleased that
shareholders' are supporting us in our long-term focus on Private Banking, Asset
Management and Merchant Banking. Since the acquisition of BHF-BANK, we have
taken decisive steps to simplify the group legal structure, and we continue to
make further progress towards completing the process this year. Our new
directors bring a wealth of experience and complementary skills as well as the
right balance of independent directors to further enhance the effectiveness of
our Board".
Full details and votes for each resolution and the minutes of the meeting will
be available on our corporate website at www.rhji.com.
For further information, please contact:
Katia Levy-Thevenon
Director of Investor Relations and Communications
RHJ International
Phone: +32 2 643 6013
E-mail: klevy(at)rhji.com
About RHJ International:
RHJ International (Euronext: RHJI), to be renamed BHF Kleinwort Benson Group
effective 24 March 2015, is a limited liability company incorporated under the
laws of Belgium, having its registered office at Avenue Louise 326, 1050
Brussels, Belgium. RHJ International is a financial services group with
principal activities in wealth management, asset management and merchant
banking. For further information visit: www.rhji.com.
This press release contains, or may contain, certain forward-looking statements
concerning the Company's operations, economic performance and financial
condition. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current
expectations, estimates and projections and are subject to a number of
assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company has no
obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press
release.
Full Press Release (PDF):
http://hugin.info/135946/R/1896875/673091.pdf
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