Ahold Delhaize shareholders adopt 2020 financial statements and approve all agenda items
14 Avril 2021 - 5:48PM
Ahold Delhaize shareholders adopt 2020 financial statements and
approve all agenda items
Zaandam, the Netherlands, April
14, 2021 – Today Ahold Delhaize held its Annual General
Meeting (AGM), completely virtual, due to the
COVID-19 health risk. Shareholders were asked to vote and
submit questions in advance of the meeting, and they were
offered the opportunity to ask follow-up questions during the
meeting itself. The voting rights of
approximately 668 million shares were exercised. The
meeting was webcasted live via the Ahold Delhaize
corporate website. Shareholders adopted Ahold Delhaize’s
2020 financial statements and agreed to the proposed 2020 annual
dividend of €0.90 per common share for the full year.
Therefore, a final dividend of €0.40 per share will be paid on
April 29, 2021. This is in addition to the interim dividend of
€0.50 per share, which was paid on August 27,
2020. Shareholders adopted all other proposals on the agenda,
including the appointments of
Jan Zijderveld and Bala Subramanian as members
of the Supervisory Board.
PricewaterhouseCoopers was re-appointed as the external
auditor of the Company for the financial year 2021.
During his speech, Ahold Delhaize CEO
Frans Muller said:
“As I look back on 2020, the
coronavirus has had an enormous impact on all of us and on all
the local communities which are close to one of our
brands’ more than 7,000 stores. Our
people have seen the hardship that the
coronavirus causes every day. Customers, both online and in stores,
have also felt the impact while they sought the safe familiarity of
their daily shopping, amidst an atmosphere of great
uncertainty. Associates across all our local
brands, who number 414 thousand in
total, have shown their commitment every
day. “In 2020, we were able to make major
investments, totaling €2.6 billion. In the Netherlands alone, that
amounted to €600 million. This enabled us to award
contracts to both large companies and medium sizes
businesses, like construction companies, painters, plumbers and to
logistics and IT-companies. These
investments also led to direct and indirect
employment opportunities. “We have greatly
expanded our online capacity, with additional distribution centers,
home shop centers, and most recently, an additional
micro-fulfillment center in the US. We can now serve
customers even better online, anytime and
anywhere, in the way they want. For example, 87% of
American households in our markets now have access to same-day
pickup and delivery. “Together with our
strategy and our purpose, our newly adopted vision sets the
course for our company: to create the leading local food
shopping experience. Our brands do this together with local
suppliers and partners. That is how we can best
serve customers and their changing needs in the best possible
way. These needs include support for healthier living and
cooking more at
home. They also include helping
customers make more sustainable
choices and enabling more frequent and faster
grocery pick-up and delivery. “We
started 2021 in a position of strength which offers room
for further growth. However, the outlook for this year is
still uncertain due to the pandemic. That's why, in 2021 we will
continue to do all we can to support associates, customers and
local communities.”
Cautionary note:
This communication includes
forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of
historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Words and
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predict and that may cause actual results
of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (the “Company”) to
differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not
limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company’s public
filings and other disclosures. Forward-looking statements reflect
the current views of the Company’s management and assumptions based
on information currently available to the Company’s management.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they
are made and the Company does not assume any obligation
to update such statements, except as required by law.
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