Vivendi 2019 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting: All Resolutions Adopted
15 Avril 2019 - 8:25PM
Business Wire
Cyrille Bolloré appointed to the Supervisory
Board replacing Vincent Bolloré appointed censor and special
advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board
Regulatory News:
Vivendi’s (Paris:VIV) 2019 Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting,
held today in Paris under the chairmanship of Yannick Bolloré with
a quorum of 67.04% present or represented, approved all the
resolutions submitted to the vote of the meeting.
The shareholders approved the payment of an ordinary dividend of
€0.50 per share with respect to fiscal year 2018, up 11.1% compared
to the dividend paid with respect to fiscal year 2017. The dividend
will be paid as from April 18, 2019, with an ex-dividend date of
April 16, 2019.
The General Shareholders’ Meeting appointed Cyrille Bolloré as a
member of the Supervisory Board for a four-year term. It also
renewed the term of office of Dominique Delport for the same
four-year period. The Supervisory Board now comprises 11 members:
six women and five men, including the member representing the
Group’s employees and one member representing the Group’s employee
shareholders. Five members of the Board are independent.
The General Shareholders’ Meeting also approved the
implementation of Vivendi’s plan to convert into a European
Company. Based in France and present in 21 European countries,
Vivendi generates 54% of its consolidated revenues, and currently
employs 53% of its staff, in Europe. This new status will allow
Vivendi to align its corporate form with its economic and cultural
European roots.
Concerning the Management Board remuneration, even though all
resolutions were adopted, the Supervisory Board will reexamine this
point.
Vivendi’s Supervisory Board, which convened following today’s
General Shareholders’ Meeting, appointed Vincent Bolloré as censor
and special advisor to the Chairman of the Management Board.
The results of the voting on the resolutions will be available
on Vivendi’s website at the following address:
www.vivendi.com/individual/shareholders-meeting. The slides
presented at the AGM and a video webcast will also be available on
the website.
The bio of Cyrille Bolloré is attached to this press release. A
photo is available upon request.
The bios of all members of the Supervisory Board can be found on
Vivendi’s website at the following address:
www.vivendi.com/vivendi-en/governance/supervisory-board.
Bio Cyrille Bolloré
A graduate of Paris Dauphine University, Cyrille Bolloré, age
33, holds a Master’s degree in economics and management, with a
major in finance.
He was Deputy Manager of Supplies and Logistics at Bolloré
Energy from November 2007 to November 2008, and then Manager from
December 2008 to August 2010. He was appointed Chief Executive
Officer of Bolloré Energy in September 2010 and Chairman in October
2011. He became Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Bolloré in
August 2012 and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Bolloré in June
2013. He became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in March 2019.
He was Chairman of Bolloré Logistics until December 2014, Chairman
of Bolloré Transport Logistics from November 2014 to May 2016, and
has been Chairman of Bolloré Transport & Logistics Corporate
(formerly Bolloré Transport & Logistics) since April 2016.
In September 2017, he was appointed Vice Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Financière de l’Odet.
About Vivendi
Since 2014, Vivendi has been focused on building a world-class
content, media and communications group with European roots. In
content creation, Vivendi owns powerful, complementary assets in
music (Universal Music Group), movies and series (Canal+ Group),
publishing (Editis) and mobile games (Gameloft) which are the most
popular forms of entertainment content in the world today. In the
distribution market, Vivendi has acquired the Dailymotion platform
and repositioned it to create a new digital showcase for its
content. The Group has also joined forces with several telecom
operators and platforms to maximize the reach of its distribution
networks. In communications, through Havas. the Group possesses
unique creative expertise in promoting free content and producing
short formats, which are increasingly viewed on mobile devices. In
addition, through Vivendi Village, the Group explores new forms of
business in live entertainment, franchises and ticketing that are
complementary to its core activities. Vivendi’s various businesses
cohesively work together as an integrated industrial group to
create greater value. www.vivendi.com
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