Veolia Environnement: Combined Shareholders' General Meeting, April 22, 2020
22 Avril 2020 - 7:46PM
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The Combined General Meeting of Veolia Environnement
shareholders, held today at the Company's administrative
headquarters, under the chairmanship of its Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Mr. Antoine Frérot, approved all of the
resolutions submitted to it with a quorum 65.18%. Due to the
Covid-19 epidemic and health measures decided by the French
government, this meeting was held without the physical presence of
the shareholders. Its broadcast is accessible on the Company's
website.
This meeting notably:
- approved the parent company financial statements and group
consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2019;
- set the dividend in cash for the fiscal year ended on
December 31, 2019 at €0.50 per share. The shares will be
traded ex-dividend as of May 12, 2020 and payable from May 14,
2020;
- renewed the terms of office as directors of Mr. Jacques
Aschenbroich, Mrs. Isabelle Courville, Mrs. Nathalie Rachou and Mr.
Guillaume Texier for a four-year period which will expire at
the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting that will be called to
approve the financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2023;
- approved the compensation paid during fiscal year 2019
or awarded in respect of the same fiscal year to Mr. Antoine
Frérot as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
- approved the information relating to the 2019 directors’
fees (excluding the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer);
- approved the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer’s
compensation policy in respect of fiscal year 2020;
- approved the directors’ fees policy in respect of
fiscal year 2020 (excluding the Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer);
- renewed all financial authorizations granted to the
Board of Directors;
- authorized the Board of Directors to grant
performance shares to corporate officers and employees of the Group
and the Company;
- approved the harmonization of the Articles of
Association of the Company with new legal and regulatory
provisions in force.
After this combined general meeting, the composition of the
board of directors of Veolia Environnement remains unchanged
and is made up of thirteen directors, including two
directors representing employees and five women (45,45%)1:
- Mr. Antoine Frérot, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
- Mr. Louis Schweitzer, Vice-Chairman;
- Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon, Senior Independent Director;
- Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich;
- Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, represented by Mr. Olivier
Mareuse;
- Mrs. Isabelle Courville;
- Mrs. Clara Gaymard;
- Mrs. Marion Guillou;
- Mrs. Nathalie Rachou;
- Mr. Paolo Scaroni;
- Mr. Guillaume Texier;
- Mr. Franck Le Roux, Director representing employees;
- Mr. Pavel Páša, Director representing employees;
The four committees of the board of directors also remain
unchanged and are composed as follows:
- Accounts and Audit Committee: Mrs. Nathalie Rachou
(Chairman), Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich, Mrs. Isabelle Courville, Mr.
Franck Le Roux (Director representing employees) and Mr. Guillaume
Texier.
- Nominations Committee: Mr. Louis Schweitzer (Chairman),
Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon and Mrs. Isabelle Courville.
- Compensation Committee: Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon (Chairman),
Mrs. Marion Guillou, Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing
employees) and Mr. Louis Schweitzer.
- Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development
Committee: Mr. Jacques Aschenbroich (Chairman), Mrs. Isabelle
Courville, Mrs. Clara Gaymard, Mrs. Marion Guillou, Mr. Pavel Páša
(Director representing employees) and Mr. Guillaume Texier.
See https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/finance/shareholders
for the results of voting on the resolutions and a full webcast of
the Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting.
Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With nearly 179,000 employees worldwide, the Group
designs and provides water, waste and energy management solutions
which contribute to the sustainable development of communities and
industries. Through its three complementary business activities,
Veolia helps to develop access to resources, preserve available
resources, and to replenish them.
In 2019, the Veolia group supplied 98 million people with
drinking water and 67 million people with wastewater service,
produced nearly 45 million megawatt hours of energy and treated 50
million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris
Euronext: VIE) recorded consolidated revenue of €27.189 billion in
2019 (USD 29.9 billion). www.veolia.com
1 Excluding Directors representing employees in
accordance with Article L. 225-27-1 of the French Commercial
Code.
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