Regulatory News:
The Combined Shareholder's General Meeting of SEB S.A. (Paris:SK) was held on May, 20th 2021, without the physical presence of shareholders, at the Company's headquarters in Ecully, under the chairmanship of Mr. Thierry DE LA TOUR D'ARTAISE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
OGM | EGM | |
Quantity of shares with voting rights | 55 309 441 | 55 309 441 |
Quantity of voting rights | 81 460 879 | 81 460 879 |
Quantity of shareholders represented or having voted remotely | 4 324 | 4 313 |
Quantity of shares represented or having voted remotely | 45 492 473 | 45 434 620 |
Quorum | 82,25% | 82,14% |
Quantity of votes represented or having voted remotely | 70 576 360 | 70 478 542 |
% of voting rights | 86,63% | 86,51% |
% FOR | % AGAINST | Votes "FOR" | Voting rights "AGAINST" | Abstention | ||||
Ordinary General Meeting | ||||||||
1 | Approval of the separate financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 | Adopted | 100% | 0,0% | 70 566 181 | 3 392 | 6 787 | |
2 | Approval of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 | Adopted | 100% | 0,0% | 70 568 528 | 913 | 6 919 | |
3 | Allocation of the result for the yeard ended 31 December 2020 and setting of the dividend | Adopted | 99,8% | 0,2% | 70 444 619 | 131 611 | 130 | |
4 | Reappointment of Yseulys Costes as a director | Adopted | 92,1% | 7,9% | 64 810 068 | 5 529 620 | 236 672 | |
5 | Reappointment of PEUGEOT INVEST ASSETS as a director | Adopted | 93,9% | 6,1% | 66 067 274 | 4 274 888 | 234 198 | |
6 | Reappointment of Brigitte Forestier as a director representing employee shareholders | Adopted | 97,5% | 2,5% | 68 681 314 | 1 786 247 | 108 799 | |
7 | Approval of the appointment of the DELOITTE Associés and KPMG as the company's statutory auditors for a six-year term | Adopted | 100% | 0,0% | 70 542 229 | 32 396 | 1 735 | |
8 | Approval of the remuneration policy for corporate executive officers | Adopted | 93,3% | 6,7% | 65 606 740 | 4 730 245 | 239 375 | |
9 | Approval of the remuneration policy for directors. | Adopted | 100% | 0,0% | 70 439 126 | 22 909 | 114 325 | |
10 | Approval of all components of remuneration referred to in Article L. 22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code concerning all executive officers for the 2020 financial year. | Adopted | 97,4% | 2,6% | 68 503 712 | 1 849 100 | 223 548 | |
11 | Approval of fixed, variable and exceptional components of the total remuneration and benefits of all kinds, paid or allocated for the 2020 financial year to the Chairman and CEO | Adopted | 80,6% | 19,4% | 56 705 103 | 13 665 484 | 205 773 | |
12 | Approval of fixed, variable and exceptional components of the total remuneration and benefits of all kinds paid or allocated for the 2020 financial year to the Chief Operating Officer. | Adopted | 81,9% | 18,1% | 57 655 638 | 12 714 866 | 205 856 | |
13 | Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors for the company to buy back its own shares. | Adopted | 79,1% | 20,9% | 55 764 477 | 14 713 947 | 97 936 |
% For | % Against | Votes "FOR" | Votes "AGAINST | Abstention | ||||
Extraordinary General Meeting | ||||||||
14 | Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors enabling the company to cancel its own shares | Adopted | 100% | 0,0% | 70 464 956 | 13 095 | 491 | |
15 | Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital by issuing ordinary shares and/or share equivalents and/or debt securities, with pre-emption rights. | Adopted | 80,2% | 19,8% | 56 556 802 | 13 921 349 | 391 | |
16 | Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors to issue ordinary shares and/or share equivalents and/or debt securities, with waiving of pre-emption rights in the course of a public offering. | Adopted | 80,1% | 19,9% | 56 460 627 | 14 002 646 | 15 269 | |
17 | Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors to issue ordinary shares and/or share equivalents and/or debt securities, with waiving of pre-emption rights as part of an offering governed by Article L. 411-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. | Adopted | 79,9% | 20,1% | 56 324 487 | 14 138 789 | 15 266 | |
18 | Blanket ceiling on financial authorizations. | Adopted | 99,5% | 0,5% | 70 003 927 | 362 283 | 112 332 | |
19 | Delegation of authority to be granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital by capitalizing retained earnings, profit, premiums or other items that may be capitalized. | Adopted | 98,2% | 1,8% | 69 129 592 | 1 237 157 | 111 793 | |
20 | Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors to grant performance shares. | Adopted | 83,0% | 17,0% | 58 307 057 | 11 923 762 | 247 723 | |
21 | Authorization to be granted to the Board of Directors to carry out share capital increases restricted to members of a company or Group Savings Scheme and/or sales of reserved shares with waiving of pre-emption rights. | Adopted | 99,2% | 0,8% | 69 940 926 | 536 968 | 648 | |
22 | Amendment of Article 8 of the Company's bylaws relating to the lowering of the threshold for ownership interests, the crossing of which must be reported to the company. | Adopted | 78,5% | 21,5% | 55 307 879 | 15 170 379 | 284 | |
23 | Compliance of the bylaws with the new Articles of the French Commercial Code arising from Order no. 2020-1142 dated 16 September 2020. | Adopted | 99,9% | 0,1% | 70 406 201 | 72 119 | 222 | |
24 | Powers to carry out formalities. | Adopted | 100% | 0,0% | 70 477 238 | 1 117 | 187 |
Next key dates 2021 | |
July 23 before market opens | H1 2021 sales and results |
October 26 after market closes | 9-month 2021 sales and financial data |
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