AGM Information • Sep 25, 2013
AGM Information
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PRESS RELEASE– Halle (Belgium) 26 September 2013 - Occasional information
In accordance with the resolutions carried out at the General Shareholders' Meeting of 25/09/2013 a dividend will be paid for the amount of:
| Gross | 1.00 EUR |
|---|---|
| Net | 0.75 EUR per share after deduction of 25% |
| withholding tax |
As of this financial year, no tax benefits are linked with the VVPR strips anymore.
The dividend will be payable as of 02/10/2013 on presentation of coupon n°. 3 at the counters of every financial institution in Belgium. BNP Paribas Fortis Bank will act as the principal paying agent. The ex-date (detaching of the coupons) will be 27/09/2013 and the record date (centralisation of the coupons) will be 01/10/2013.
The General Meeting of Shareholders has approved the renewal of the mandates of directors of Mr. Franciscus Colruyt, Farik NV, with Mr. Franciscus Colruyt acting as permanent representative and Herbeco NV, with Mr. Piet Colruyt acting as permanent representative. The new mandates will expire after the Annual General Meeting of 2017.
The General Meeting of Shareholders also approved the appointment as independent director of Mrs Astrid De Lathauwer for a period of 4 years, this is until after the General Meeting in 2017. Before, Mrs De Lathauwer was the permanent representative of BVBA Unitel, director of NV Etn. Fr. Colruyt, whose mandate ended on the date of the General Meeting.
The General Meeting of Shareholders also approved the renewal of the statutory auditorship of CVBA KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren (B001), represented by Mr. Ludo Ruysen (00949), for a period of 3 years, this is until after the General Meeting in 2016.
The "Chairman's Address for the General Meeting of Shareholders of Etn. Fr. Colruyt N.V. of 25 September 2013" has been published on our website.
The report of the General Meeting will be published on our website www.colruytgroup.com shortly.
Marc Hofman +32 2 363 51 11 Jean de Leu de Cecil +32 2 363 51 11
Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with some 440 own stores and over 500 affiliated stores. In Belgium this involves Colruyt, OKay, Bio-Planet, DreamLand, DreamBaby, Spar and Eurospar. In France, in addition to approximately 60 Colruyt stores, there are also affiliated, independent Coccinelle, CocciMarket and Panier Sympa stores. Colruyt Group is also actively involved in the food service market (supplying food products to hospitals, company canteen kitchens, catering businesses), the sale of fuels (DATS 24), printing and document management solutions (Symeta) and the production of green energy. The Group employs over 25,700 people and has sales of EUR 8.3 billion. Colruyt is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.
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