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Resounding endorsement of proposals at the Annual General Meeting

Jun 09, 2009
  • All items on the agenda approved with a large majority
  • Executive Board actions and Supervisory Board actions both ratified by 99.6 per cent

Friedrichshafen, 9 June 2009. At the ordinary Annual General Meeting of the company today in Friedrichshafen, the shareholders of Tognum AG approved all items on the agenda with a large majority.

 

No less than 99.6 per cent of the shareholders voted in favour of ratifying the actions of the Executive Board and 99.6 per cent in favour of ratifying the actions of the Supervisory Board. A total of 99.8 per cent approved the payment of a dividend of 0.70 euros per share. The proposals for the composition of the Supervisory Board were also accepted by the vast majority of the shareholders. As a result, Dr. Edgar Krökel and Andreas Renschler, both managers at Daimler AG, were elected to the Supervisory Board of Tognum AG. Both have been members of this committee since 8 July 2008 and were previously appointed by the regional court.

 

A total of approximately 860 shareholders attended the second Annual General Meeting in Tognum’s history following its IPO in July 2007. They represented 77 per cent of the share capital of Tognum AG.

 

Overview of voting

 

Agenda item

Votes in favour
in %

Resolution on the appropriation of balance sheet profit

99.8

Resolution on the ratification of the actions of the Executive Board

99.6

Resolution on the ratification of the actions of the Supervisory Boards

99.6

Resolution on the appointment of the auditor

99.1

Resolution on the acquisition and disposal of own shares

98.2

Election of Supervisory Board members:

Dr. Edgar Kroekel

94.9

Andreas Renschler

98.4

Dr. Albert Xaver Kirchmann (Replacement Member)

99.6

 

 

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