Annual General Meetings

The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting took place on July 2, 2020.​

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The General Meeting notably approved the payment of an ordinary dividend amounting to €2.80 per share, and the appointment of Thomas de Villeneuve as member of the Supervisory Board.Following the General Meeting, Thomas de Villeneuve joined the Audit, Risks and Compliance Committee as member.
The ex-dividend date is July 7, 2020, the payment date is July 9, 2020.
Number of shares comprising the share capital: 44 682 308
Number of shares having the voting right: 43 783 389
The quorum reached 71.659 % of the shares having the voting right (representing 31 375 028 shares and 50 420 510 votes for 1 358 participating shareholders).

The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting hold on May 16, 2019 at salle Wagram.

All the 23 resolutions submitted to the shareholders’ vote at the General Meeting held on May 16, 2019, were approved.

The General Meeting notably approved the payment of a cash dividend amounting to €2.80 per share, an increase of 5.7% compared to 2017. The renewal of the appointment of Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker, Gervais Pellissier and Humbert de Wendel as Wendel’s Supervisory Board members were also approved.

The ex-dividend date is May 21, 2019, the payment date is May 23, 2019.
Number of shares comprising the share capital: 45,132,192
Number of shares having the voting right: 44,021,975
The quorum reached 69.789% of the shares having the voting right (representing 30,722,532 shares and 50,501,549 votes for 882 shareholders).

The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting was held on May 17, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. at salle Wagram (39-41 Avenue de Wagram, 75017 Paris).

All the 28 resolutions submitted to the shareholders’ vote at the General Meeting held on May 17, 2018, were approved.
The General Meeting notably approved the payment of a cash dividend amounting to €2.65 per share, an increase of 12.8% compared to 2016. The appointment of Franca Bertagnin Benetton as independent Director, and the renewal of the appointment of Guylaine Saucier as independent Director of Wendel’s Supervisory Board were also approved. At the end of this AGM, Nicolas ver Hulst became Chairman and Gervais Pellissier became Vice-Chairman of Wendel’s Supervisory Board.
The ex-dividend date is May 22, 2018, the payment date is May 24, 2018.
Number of shares comprising the share capital: 46,259,146
Number of shares having the voting right: 45,499,436
The quorum reached 70.215% of the shares having the voting right (representing 31,947,660 shares and 52,475,097 votes for 973 shareholders).

The Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting was held on May 18, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. at the Salons Hoche (9 Avenue Hoche – 75008 PARIS).

All the 32 resolutions submitted to the shareholders’ vote at the General Meeting held on May 18, 2017, were approved.
The General Meeting notably approved the payment of a cash dividend amounting to €2.35 per share, an increase of 9.3% compared to 2015 and the appointments of Nicholas Ferguson, independent member, and of Nicolas ver Hulst – as of July 1, 2017 – as members of the Supervisory Board. The renewal of the appointments of Bénédicte Coste, Priscilla de Moustier and Edouard de l’Espée as members of the Supervisory Board were also approved.
The ex-dividend date is May 23, 2017, the payment date is May 26, 2017.
Number of shares comprising the share capital: 47,101,304
Number of shares having the voting right: 45,665,803
The quorum reached 69.32% of the shares having the voting right (representing 31,654,163 shares and 52,581,846 votes for 1,023 shareholders).

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2016 Annual General Meeting

The Wendel Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary Annual General Meeting was held on June 1, 2016 at 3:30 p.m at the Palais Brongniart. All the 21 resolutions submitted to the shareholders’ vote were approved. The General Meeting notably approved the payment of a cash dividend amounting to €2.15 per share, an increase of 7.5% compared to 2014, and the renewal of the appointment of François de Wendel as a member of the Supervisory Board. The ex-dividend date was June 6, 2016, the payment date was June 8, 2016.