ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING APPROVES BOARD OF DIRECTORS' PROPOSALS
All the Board of Directors' proposals were approved by shareholders at the 51st Annual General Meeting of Sika AG on April 9, 2019
At the Annual General Meeting of Sika AG held on April 9, 2019 in Baar, the shareholders approved the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the business year 2018.
Further, the shareholders voted in favor of the proposal of the Board of Directors to pay out a gross dividend of CHF 2.05 per share for the business year 2018.
The administrative bodies were granted discharge.
The shareholders re-elected all previous members of the Board of Directors as well as its Chairman Paul Hälg for another one-year term except Ulrich W. Suter, who was not standing for re-election. In addition, Thierry Vanlancker and Victor Balli were elected to the Board of Directors. Frits van Dijk, Daniel Sauter and Justin Howell were re-elected to the Nomination and Compensation Committee. Further, the auditors, Ernst & Young AG, were re-elected. Jost Windlin was re-elected as independent proxy.
In a non-binding consultative vote, the shareholders approved the compensation report for 2018. Further, the shareholders approved the Board's and the Group Management's future compensation.
CONTACT
Dominik Slappnig
Corporate Communications &
Investor Relations
+41 58 436 68 21
slappnig.dominik@ch.sika.com
SIKA CORPORATE PROFILE
Sika is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding, sealing, damping, reinforcing, and protecting in the building sector and motor vehicle industry. Sika has subsidiaries in 101 countries around the world and manufactures in over 200 factories. Its more than 20,000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 7.09 billion in 2018.
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