Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders 2013

Swatch Group

Swatch Group: Decisions taken by the Swatch Group shareholders at the Ordinary Assembly General Meeting of Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Kongresshaus in Biel / Bienne (Switzerland).

Biel / Bienne (Switzerland), May 29, 2013 – At its today’s Ordinary Assembly General Meeting, the shareholders of the Swatch Group Ltd. approved the proposals submitted by the Board of Directors with a large majority (present shareholders 2,657 representing 74.8% of the voting rights). The proposals concerned: 

1. 2012 Annual Report

Proposal: After reviewing the reports of the Statutory Auditors, the Board of Directors recommends that the General Meeting approves the 2012 Annual Report (Annual Report, Financial Statements and Consolidated Financial Statements).

2. Discharge of the Board of Directors

Proposal: The Board of Directors recommends that the General Meeting shall discharge all members of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2012.

3. Resolution for the Appropriation of the Net Income

Proposal: The Board of Directors recommends that the General Meeting appropriates the 2012 profit of CHF 1’118’057’485.76 resulting from the balance sheet (net income as of 31.12.2012 of CHF 1’085’368’122.42 plus profit brought forward from the previous year of CHF 32’689’363.34) as follows:

  • Dividend on share capital of CHF 125’210’250.00
    – CHF 1.35 per registered share/par value of CHF 0.45: CHF 167’460’750.00
    – CHF 6.75 per bearer share/par value of CHF 2.25: CHF 208’170’000.00
  • Allocation to special reserve: CHF 720’000’000.00
  • Balance carried forward: CHF 22’426’735.76

Total: CHF 1’118’057’485.76
NB: The Group intends not to pay a dividend to the subsidiaries of which it is a 100% owner.

4. Election to the Board of Directors

Proposal: The Board of Directors recommends that the General Meeting re-elects the following members: Mmes. Esther Grether and Nayla Hayek, Messrs. Georges N. Hayek, Ernst Tanner, Claude Nicollier and Jean-Pierre Roth for another three-year period.

5. Nomination of the Statutory Auditors

Proposal: The Board of Directors recommends that the General Meeting appoints PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd for another period of one year as Statutory Auditors.

 

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