Atos SE Ordinary General Meeting
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Bezons, On May 24, 2017 - Atos SE held today its Annual General Meeting chaired
by Mr. Thierry Breton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
The Group presented record results performed in 2016, for revenue growth, order
entries, operational profitability, net result and free cash flow.
The General Meeting massively approved the annual and consolidated accounts for
the financial year ending December 31(st), 2016 and the 2016 dividend payment of
?1.60 per share, up over 45% compared to last year. The ex-dividend date will be
May 26(th), 2017 and the dividend will be paid in cash as from May 30(th), 2017.
The General Meeting also renewed the terms of office of Directors of Mr. Nicolas
Bazire, Ms. Valérie Bernis, Mr. Roland Busch and Ms. Colette Neuville.
The General Meeting issued a favorable opinion on the elements of compensation
due or allocated to Mr. Thierry Breton for the financial year ending December
31(st), 2016 and approved the features and criteria for setting, allocating, and
granting, the fixed, variable, long-term and exceptional elements making up the
total compensation and benefits of all kinds attributable to the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer for the financial year ending December 31(st), 2017.
Following the General Meeting, the Board of Directors modified the composition
of the Audit Committee (Mr. Vernon Sankey, Chairman, Mr. Roland Busch, Mr.
Bertrand Meunier and Ms. Lynn Paine) and confirmed the composition of the
Nomination and Remuneration Committee (Mr. Nicolas Bazire, Chairman, Mr.
Bertrand Meunier and Mr. Pasquale Pistorio).
The Board of Directors also assessed the independence of its members. The
directors confirmed to be independent are: Nicolas Bazire, Valérie Bernis,
Bertrand Meunier, Colette Neuville, Lynn Paine, Pasquale Pistorio and Vernon
Sankey, i.e. a ratio of 70% in accordance with the AFEP-MEDEF Code which
requires that at least half of the Directors are independent.
At last, on a proposal by the Board of Directors, the resolution proposing a
performance shares plan for 2017 was not submitted to the shareholders' vote.
Following the discussions conducted by the Company with the shareholders but
also with the proxy advisory firms, the Board of Directors decided to entrust
with the Nomination and Remuneration Committee a mission of proposing a
simplified 2017 performance share plan. A new General Meeting of Atos SE's
shareholders will be convened for this purpose at the beginning of the second
half of 2017.
The voting results of the Combined General Meeting are indicated on Atos website
(sections Investors - Annual General Meeting).
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About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with approximately 100,000
employees in 72 countries and annual revenue of around ? 12 billion. The
European number one in Big Data, Cybersecurity, High Performance Computing and
Digital Workplace, The Group provides Cloud services, Infrastructure & Data
Management, Business & Platform solutions, as well as transactional services
through Worldline, the European leader in the payment industry. With its
cutting-edge technologies, digital expertise and industry knowledge, Atos
supports the digital transformation of its clients across various business
sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Energy &
Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications and Transportation. The
Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic &
Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos
Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, Unify and Worldline. Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is
listed on the CAC 40 Paris stock index.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Press:
Terence Zakka | Tel +33 1 73 26 40 76 | terence.zakka(at)atos.net
Investors Relations :
Gilles Arditti | Tel +33 1 73 26 00 66 | gilles.arditti(at)atos.net
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Source: ATOS via GlobeNewswire
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Datum: 24.05.2017 - 19:05 Uhr
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