Annual General Meeting 2018 approves dividend of EUR 1.00 per share

The shareholders of Mutares AG (ISIN: DE000A0SMSH2) approved a dividend of EUR 1.00, the expansion of the Supervisory Board to five members and the conversion to registered shares.

  • Dividend payout of EUR 1.00 approved
  • Supervisory Board expansion from three to five members resolved
  • Conversion to registered shares approved
  • Deloitte confirmed as auditor for FY 2018

Munich, July 20, 2018 – The shareholders of Mutares AG unanimously approved the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board at today’s Annual General Meeting in Munich and resolved a dividend of EUR 1.00 (previous year: EUR 0.35) for the past financial year. A total of around EUR 15.3 million will thus be paid out. The actions of the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board were also ratified for the 2017 financial year, with 53.68 % of the shareholders present. The Annual General Meeting confirmed Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Munich, as auditor and group auditor for the 2018 financial year.

The agenda of the Annual General Meeting also included the election and expansion of the company’s Supervisory Board from three to five members. The former members of the Supervisory Board, Prof. Dr. Micha Bloching, Dr. Ulrich Hauck and Volker Rofalski were each re-elected for a full further term of office. The shareholders also elected Dr. Lothar Koniarski, Managing Director of Elber GmbH, and Dr. Axel Müller, Management Consultant, to the Supervisory Board.

Furthermore, the shareholders decided to convert bearer shares into registered shares. With this change, Mutares AG wants to enable a more direct communication with the shareholders and achieve a higher transparency of the shareholder structure. The changeover will be implemented in the next few months.

In its presentation, the Management Board commented in detail on the results of the 2017 financial year as well as the gratifying development of revenues in the first quarter of 2018 and is confident about the expected progress in the Mutares holdings and the attractive transaction pipeline for the current financial year.

“In 2018 will celebrate our 10th  anniversary. This means ten years of growth, creation of sustainable values and committed entrepreneurship. Mutares started with an investment in France with revenues of EUR 3 million; today our portfolio comprises eleven holdings with revenues of approx. EUR 900 million. We can be proud of this growth. The 10th anniversary marks a milestone and the start for the further successful development of Mutares”, commented Robin Laik, CEO of Mutares AG, this year’s Annual General Meeting.