Riber: Report on the Combined General Meeting and on the
Supervisory Board from June 21, 2022
Press release
Report on the Combined General Meeting
and on the Supervisory Board from June 21, 2022
Bezons, June
21,
2022 –
6pm – RIBER, a global
market leader for molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipment serving
the semiconductor industry, brought its shareholders together for
its Combined Annual General Meeting today, chaired by
Ms. Annie Geoffroy, Chairwoman of the
Company's Supervisory Board.
Approval of the full-year accounts for
2021
The General Meeting approved the corporate and
consolidated financial statements for 2021.
Cash payout released for payment on July
4
The General Meeting approved the appropriation
of earnings for 2021 and a payout drawn against the “issue premium”
account for 0.05 euros per share: The ex-dividend date will be June
30, 2022, followed by payment on July 4, 2022.
Terms of office
renewed, and new Supervisory Board member
appointed
The General Meeting renewed the terms of Ms.
Annie Geoffroy and Christine Monier, and Messrs. Pierre-Yves
Kielwasser and Bernard Raboutet.
The General Meeting also appointed Mr.
Jean-Christophe Eloy as a new member of the Supervisory Board. His
rich experience in the semiconductor industry and his perfect
knowledge of business issues will enrich the skills of the
Supervisory Board and strengthen the Company's development
strategy.
The Supervisory Board now has seven members,
including two women. 71% of the members are independent.
Other
resolutions
RIBER's shareholders adopted the other
resolutions, which included:
- The statutory auditors’ special
report on regulated commitments,
- The total annual compensation for the Supervisory Board members
for the 2021 fiscal year,
- The authorization for the Executive
Board to carry out transactions on the Company's shares,
- The authorization for the Executive
Board to reduce the capital by canceling treasury stock held by the
Company,
Supervisory Board’s
decisions
Following the General Meeting, the Supervisory
Board met, renewed Ms. Annie Geoffroy’s term of office as Chairman
of the Company’s Supervisory Board and confirmed Mr. Nicolas
Grandjean’s term of office as Vice-Chairman.
The Supervisory Board defined the composition of
its committees. From now on:
- The Audit Committee comprises Ms.
Annie Geoffroy, Mr. Nicolas Grandjean, Mr. Pierre-Yves Kielwasser
and Mr. Didier Cornardeau, its Chairman.
- The Appointments and Compensation
Committee comprises Mr. Bernard Raboutet, Mr. Jean-Christophe Eloy
and Ms. Christine Monier, its Chairwoman.
- The CSR Committee comprises Mr.
Bernard Raboutet, Mr. Jean-Christophe Eloy and Ms. Christine
Monier, its Chairwoman.
The Supervisory Board took note of the
expiration of the terms of office of the members of the Executive
Board and thanked them, including Its Chairman Mr. Philippe Ley,
for their commitments over the past few years, as well as for the
results achieved in the company’s development.
Renewal of the Executive
Board
In accordance with the Company's statutory
provisions, the Supervisory Board appointed a new Company’s
Executive Board made up of two members, in the person of Mr. Michel
Picault and Mr. Emmanuel Routier, for a term of five years from
this date.
Mr. Michel Picault was also appointed Chairman
of the Executive Board for a term of one year. His deep knowledge
of the company, its strategy, its clients and partners is a source
of opportunities to prepare for 2023 and initiate a new phase of
development for the Company.At the same time, the Supervisory Board
has initiated a selection process for new candidates, in order to
strengthen and diversify the staff of the Executive Board.
Biography of the new
Supervisory Board member
Jean-Christophe Eloy, 56 years
old, started his career at CEA-Leti and then created the
semiconductor business at Ernst & Young. He is today President
and CEO of Yole Group, the market research & strategy
consulting company created in 1998. Yole Group has since grown to
become a group of companies offering specific support to
semiconductor companies.Jean-Christophe Eloy is an emlyon business
school graduate and is an engineer from INPG (Institut National
Polytechnique de Grenoble).
Biography of the new
Executive Board member
Michel Picault, 68 years old,
after having been a researcher in a state agency, then a
development engineer in a Telecom company, joined RIBER in 1983.
Until 1997, he held various positions (technical, marketing/sales,
production...) in the US and France. In 1997, he took over RIBER
with a group of investors, and became Chairman of the Executive
Board, a position he held until 2008, then from 2016 to 2019, while
being an Executive Board member until 2020. Since 2014, he runs a
consulting company for SMEs, and is involved in the financing of
start-ups that he supports.Michel Picault is a graduate of INSA
Lyon - National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon.
The Company would like to thank the shareholders
who took part in this General Meeting. The quorum conditions and
detailed voting results will be available soon on the French
version of the Company’s website (www.riber.com)
About RIBER
RIBER is the global market leader for MBE -
molecular beam epitaxy - equipment. It designs and produces MBE
systems and evaporators for the semiconductor industry. It also
provides technical and scientific support for its clients,
maintaining their equipment and optimizing their performance and
output levels. Through its high-tech equipment, RIBER performs an
essential role in the development of advanced semiconductor systems
that are used in numerous consumer applications, from information
technologies to 5G telecommunications networks, OLED screens and
next-generation solar cells.RIBER is a BPI France-approved
innovative company and is listed on the Euronext Growth Paris
market (ISIN: FR0000075954).www.riber.com
Contacts
RIBER: Stéphane Berterretche |
tel.: +33 (0)1 39 96 65 00 |
invest@riber.comCALYPTUS: Cyril Combe | tel.: +33
(0)1 53 65 68 68 | cyril.combe@calyptus.net
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