Compagnie de Saint-Gobain AGM Statement (5146G)
June 06 2013 - 1:25PM
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RNS Number : 5146G
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
06 June 2013
June 6, 2013
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF JUNE 6, 2013
The Annual General Meeting of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
shareholders was held today in Paris. Shareholders present or
represented at the meeting held an aggregate 67.74 % of the
outstanding shares. All the resolutions were adopted.
Mr. Jean-Martin Folz and Mr. Gilles Schnepp were re-elected to
the Board. Ms. Agnès Lemarchand, Ms. Pamela Knapp and Mr. Philippe
Varin were elected as directors (to replace respectively Mr.
Gerhard Cromme, Mr. Jean-Cyril Spinetta and Mr. Michel
Pébereau).
Pamela Knapp, a graduate of Freie Universität Berlin and Harvard
University, is Chief Financial Officer, responsible for Central
Services and a member of the Management Board of GfK SE. She
previously worked at the Siemens Corporation, first as Head of the
Corporate Development Executives Department, then as Chief
Financial Officer of the Power Transmission & Distribution
Group. She was a member of Group Executive Management. Ms. Knapp
also serves on the Supervisory Board and Finance and Audit
Committee of PSA Peugeot Citroën and on the Board of Directors of
Hostettler, Kramasch & Partner Holding AG (HKP).
Agnès Lemarchand is Executive Chairman of Steetley Dolomite Ltd.
She holds degrees from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de
Paris and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an
MBA from INSEAD. She previously worked at the Lafarge Group, first
as Director of Strategy at Lafarge Specialty Materials, then as
Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Chaux. Ms. Lemarchand is a
member of the Board of Directors of CGG Veritas and of the
Supervisory Boards of Areva, Siclaé and Mersen.
Philippe Varin, Chairman of the Managing Board of PSA Peugeot
Citroën, is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines
de Paris. Before joining PSA Peugeot Citroën, he served as Senior
Executive President, Aluminum and Member of the Executive Committee
of Péchiney, as well as Chief Executive Officer of European steel
manufacturer Corus. Mr. Varin is also a director of Faurecia and
Chairman of Cercle de l'Industrie.
Shareholders also approved the payment of a dividend of EUR1.24
per share (unchanged from 2011) and the option to reinvest the
dividend in new shares of Company stock. Shareholders who choose to
reinvest their dividend should notify their bank or broker between
June 12 and the close of business on June 26. The price of the new
shares issued upon reinvestment of the dividend will be EUR 28.12,
after applying the maximum 10 % discount. The ex-dividend date will
be June 12 and the dividend will be paid or the shares delivered as
from July 5, 2013.
A webcast of the Annual General Meeting and the results of the
vote on each resolution will be
available on the Company's website (www.saint-gobain.com) from
June 7.
More about Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction
markets, designs, manufactures and distributes building materials,
providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy
efficiency and environmental protection. With 2012 sales of EUR43.2
billion, Saint-Gobain operates in 64 countries and has nearly
193,000 employees. For more information about Saint-Gobain, please
visit www.saint-gobain.com.
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