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The ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Meyer Burger Technology Ltd (SIX Swiss Exchange MBTN) held on 29 April 2014 approved all proposals by the Board of Directors with clear majorities. In total, 17,382,191 registered shares were represented, corresponding to approximately 19.4% of the share capital registered in the commercial register. 304 shareholders personally attended the General Meeting. These shareholders and third parties represented 1,266,033 registered shares. The independent proxy represented 16,116,158 registered shares.
The General Meeting approved the proposals by the Board of Directors as follows:
1.1) The General Meeting of Shareholders approved the annual report, the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements 2013.
1.2) The General Meeting of Shareholders approved the remuneration report 2013 in a consultative vote with 92.71%.
2) The General Meeting of Shareholders followed the proposal by the Board of Directors to carry forward the balance of retained earnings in the amount of TCHF 296,296.
3) The members of the Board of Directors and of the Management were granted release (“Entlastung”) for the business year 2013.
4.1) The present members of the Board of Directors Peter M. Wagner, Dr Alexander Vogel, Rudolf Güdel, Heinz Roth, Peter Pauli und Prof Dr Konrad Wegener were re-elected for a term of one year until the end of the next ordinary Shareholders‘ Meeting (in individual elections). Peter M. Wagner was elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
4.2) Dr Alexander Vogel, Peter M. Wagner und Rudolf Güdel were elected as members of the Nomination and Compensation Committee for a term of one year until the end of the next ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting (in individual elections).
5) PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd, Bern, was re-elected as auditors for another period of one year.
6) Mr lic iur André Weber was elected as the independent proxy holder of the Company for a term of one year until the end of the next ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.
7.1) The General Meeting of Shareholders voted with 94.07% in favour of the creation of authorised capital in a maximum amount of CHF 240,000.00, corresponding to 4,800,000 registered shares, to be fully paid-in, with a nominal value of CHF 0.05 each. The increase of share capital out of this authorised capital is possible until 29 April 2016. The corresponding Article 3a of the Articles of Association was also changed with the approval of the General Meeting of Shareholders.
7.2) The General Meeting of Shareholders approved with 67.93% a comprehensive amendment of the Articles of Association in conjunction with the Ordinance against excessive compensation in stock exchange listed companies (OAEC).
For further information:
Werner Buchholz
Head of Corporate Communications
Phone +41 (0)33 221 25 06
werner.buchholz@meyerburger.com
Ingrid Carstensen
Corporate Communications
Phone +41 (0)33 221 28 34
ingrid.carstensen@meyerburger.com
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