Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • Apr 17, 2020
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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17 April 2020
Public limited liability company Public regulated real estate company under Belgian law Registered office: Rue Belliard 40 (box 11), 1040 Brussels Enterprise number: 0877.248.501 (RLE Brussels) (the 'Company')
Aedifica's shareholders are invited to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting that will be held on Wednesday 20 May 2020 at 10:30 CET at Belliardstraat / rue Belliard 40 in Brussels. In case of lack of quorum, a second Extraordinary General Meeting will be held on Monday 8 June 2020 at 10:00 CET.
Considering the current circumstances and applicable measures regarding Covid-19, Aedifica points out that each shareholder has the possibility to vote by proxy or by correspondence. In addition, each shareholder has the possibility to submit written questions to the Company. You will find more information on this subject at the end of the convocation.
All documents related to this Extraordinary General Meeting are available on the Aedifica's website.
In order to optimise audit and accounting processes within the Group (in particular given Aedifica's significant international growth), the Board of Directors deems it appropriate to use the same financial year for the entire Group. Aedifica's Board of Directors therefore proposes to extend the current financial year (that started on 1 July 2019) until 31 December 2020 and to start each subsequent financial year on 1 January and to end on 31 December.
If the Extraordinary General Meeting approves the amendment of the financial year, the annual Ordinary General Meeting (that normally takes place on the fourth Tuesday of October) will be held on the second Tuesday of May (in accordance with the proposed amendment to the Articles of Association). Consequently, the Ordinary General Meeting for the current financial year would be held on Tuesday 11 May 2021.
If so, Aedifica will not publish annual results on 2 September 2020, but instead will communicate results for the 12-month period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 on that date.
The Board of Directors intends to distribute an interim dividend to the shareholders over the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020, with payment in November 2020. The final decision as well as the amount of the interim dividend will be communicated on 2 September 2020 in the press release on the results for the twelve-month period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. By way of a reminder, the half year financial report published on 19 February 2020 announced a dividend forecast of €3.00 gross per share. Upon approval of the amendment of the financial year, the (final) dividend for the current (extended) financial year will be paid in May 2021, after approval of the financial statements for the (extended) financial year by the Ordinary General Meeting.
17 April 2020
The English version of this press release constitutes a free translation of the Dutch language text and is made for information purposes only. In case of inconsistency with the Dutch version or inaccuracy of the English translation, the Dutch text shall prevail.
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Aedifica is a Regulated Real Estate Company under Belgian law specialised in European healthcare real estate, particularly in senior housing. Aedifica has developed a portfolio of more than 440 sites in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, worth more than €3.0 billion.
Aedifica is listed on Euronext Brussels (2006) and Euronext Amsterdam (2019) and is identified by the following ticker symbols: AED; AED:BB (Bloomberg); AOO.BR (Reuters).
Since March 2020, Aedifica is part of the BEL 20, the leading share index of Euronext Brussels. Aedifica's market capitalisation was approx. €2.2 billion as of 16 April 2020.
Aedifica is included in the EPRA and Stoxx Europe 600 indices.
Ingrid Daerden Chief Financial Officer
T +32 2 626 07 73 [email protected] Delphine Noirhomme Investor Relations Manager
T +32 2 210 44 98 [email protected]
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