Results of Philips’ 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
09 Mai 2023 - 6:42PM
Results of Philips’ 2023 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
May 9, 2023
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips
(NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced that today’s Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders (2023 AGM) has reappointed Abhijit
Bhattacharya for a two year’s term as member of the Board of
Management fulfilling the role of CFO, and reappointed Liz Doherty
and David Pyott as members of the Supervisory Board. With these
reappointments, the composition of the Supervisory Board committees
remains unchanged.
Other voting items, such the company’s proposed dividend of EUR
0.85 per share over 2022, [1] the proposal to reappoint EY as the
company’s external auditor for a term of one year starting January
1, 2024, and the proposal to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as the
company’s new external auditor for a term of four years starting
January 1, 2025, as well as a number of recurring items, including
the proposal to adopt the company’s financial statements, [2] were
also approved. Additionally, the AGM approved the advisory voting
item on the 2022 Remuneration Report.
Shareholders voted against the discharge of the collective
members of the Board of Management. This follows the voting
guidance from certain proxy advisors to signal discontent in
respect of one former member of the Board of Management.
“Following the recent changes made in the Executive Committee, I
am pleased that Abhijit is adding a two-year’s term to his tenure
as CFO, thereby ensuring continuity and enabling a smooth
succession process in parallel,” said Feike Sijbesma, Chairman of
the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips. “I am also pleased that Liz
and David will continue to serve as members of the Supervisory
Board and support Philips with their much-valued expertise and
counsel.”
Mr. Sijbesma continued: “We appreciate the support expressed by
the shareholders regarding current management and direction of
Philips. Under the leadership of its new CEO Roy Jakobs, Philips is
fully focused on implementing the plan to create value with
sustainable impact for our shareholders and all other
stakeholders.”
In January 2023, Philips CEO Roy Jakobs and his team presented
the company’s plan to create value with sustainable impact. Philips
is executing to plan on its three priorities to improve execution
by enhancing patient safety & quality, strengthening its supply
chain reliability, and establishing a simplified, more agile
operating model.
Additional information on the composition of the Board of
Management, the Executive Committee and the Supervisory Board can
be found here. For more information about Philips’ 2023 AGM, please
click on this link.
[1] Further details about the
dividend can be found via this link.[2] Philips’
2022 financial statements are included in its 2022 Annual Report
that was published on February 21, 2023.
For further information, please contact:
Ben ZwirsPhilips Global Press OfficeTel.: +31 615213446E-mail:
ben.zwirs@philips.com
Derya GuzelPhilips Investor RelationsTel.: +31 20 59
77055E-mail: derya.guzel@philips.com
About Royal Philips
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health
technology company focused on improving people's health and
well-being through meaningful innovation. Philips’ patient- and
people-centric innovation leverages advanced technology and deep
clinical and consumer insights to deliver personal health solutions
for consumers and professional health solutions for healthcare
providers and their patients in the hospital and the home.
Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in
diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, image-guided therapy, monitoring
and enterprise informatics, as well as in personal health. Philips
generated 2022 sales of EUR 17.8 billion and employs approximately
74,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100
countries. News about Philips can be found at
www.philips.com/newscenter.
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