Renaming of RHJ International to BHF Kleinwort Benson Group
Appointment of Directors
Brussels, Belgium, Feb. 24, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RHJ International (the "Company" or "RHJI") hosted today its Extraordinary Shareholder's Meeting (the "ESM").
RHJI informs that the ESM approved the following resolutions:
1- Change of the Company's name from RHJ International to BHF Kleinwort Benson Group
The new name illustrates the group's activities as a provider of financial services. The components of the new name reflect the names under which the Company's principal operating subsidiaries conduct business. The change of name will be effective on 24 March 2015.
2- Appointments to the Company's Board of Directors
The ESM approved the appointment of each of Dr Johannes Fritz, Mr Gerd Häusler, Prof Dr Anne van Aaken and Mr Patrick Lei Zhong as director with effect as of today and until immediately after the Annual Shareholders' Meeting which shall be invited to approve the non-consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2016.
Dr Matthias Döpfner, Mr Peter Foy and Mr Lucio A. Noto have resigned from the Board of Directors as of today.
The Board of Directors shall be composed as follows:
| Leonhard Fischer | Executive Director |
| Dr Johannes Fritz | Non-executive Director |
| Mr Gerd Häusler | Non-executive Director, Independent Director |
| Prof Dr Anne van Aaken | Non-executive Director, Independent Director |
| Konstantin Graf von Schweinitz | Non-executive Director, Independent Director |
| Mr Patrick Lei Zhong | Non-executive Director |
3- Appointments as Independent Director comply with Belgian companies code
The ESM approved that each of Mr Gerd Häusler and Prof Dr Anne van Aaken complies with the criteria of independance as provided for in Article 526ter of the Belgian companies Code.
CEO Leonhard Fischer said:
"Our new name, BHF Kleinwort Benson, cements our focus on financial services and brings together two strong brands in their respective markets. I am pleased that shareholders' are supporting us in our long-term focus on Private Banking, Asset Management and Merchant Banking. Since the acquisition of BHF-BANK, we have taken decisive steps to simplify the group legal structure, and we continue to make further progress towards completing the process this year. Our new directors bring a wealth of experience and complementary skills as well as the right balance of independent directors to further enhance the effectiveness of our Board".
Full details and votes for each resolution and the minutes of the meeting will be available on our corporate website at www.rhji.com.
For further information, please contact:
Katia Levy-Thevenon
Director of Investor Relations and Communications
RHJ International
Phone: +32 2 643 6013
E-mail: klevy@rhji.com
About RHJ International:
RHJ International (Euronext: RHJI), to be renamed BHF Kleinwort Benson Group effective 24 March 2015, is a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Belgium, having its registered office at Avenue Louise 326, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. RHJ International is a financial services group with principal activities in wealth management, asset management and merchant banking. For further information visit: www.rhji.com.
This press release contains, or may contain, certain forward-looking statements concerning the Company's operations, economic performance and financial condition. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections and are subject to a number of assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company has no obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
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