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Outcome of 2021 Shareholders’ Meeting
Brussels, May 11, 2021, 17:45 CEST - Solvay today held its General Shareholders’ Meeting virtually.
Shareholders voted in favor of all the resolutions proposed. More specifically, they approved the payment of a gross dividend of €3.75 per share for the year 2020. After deduction of the interim dividend of €1.50 gross per share, paid in January 2021, the balance amounts to €2.25 gross per share (€1.575 net, after deduction of 30% of withholding tax).
Calendar of payment related to the 2020 final dividend
- May 17, 2021: ex-date
- May 18, 2021: record date
- May 19, 2021: payment date
During the meeting, shareholders approved the reelection for a four year mandate for Nicolas Boël, Ilham Kadri, Bernard de Laguiche, Françoise de Viron and Agnès Lemarchand and for a three year mandate for Hervé Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge. They also approved the appointment of two new directors, Dr. Wolfgang Colberg and Edouard Janssen, to replace Amparo Moraleda and Evelyn du Monceau, whose mandates came to an end at this meeting.
Details of the votes and the presentations of the Chairman and the CEO are now available on Solvay’s website, in the Investors section.
About Solvay
Solvay is a science company whose technologies bring benefits to many aspects of daily life. With more than 23,000 employees in 64 countries, Solvay bonds people, ideas and elements to reinvent progress. The Group seeks to create sustainable shared value for all, notably through its Solvay One Planet roadmap crafted around three pillars: protecting the climate, preserving resources and fostering a better life. The Group’s innovative solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices, health care applications, water and air purification systems. Founded in 1863, Solvay today ranks among the world’s top three companies for the vast majority of its activities and delivered net sales of €9 billion in 2020. Solvay is listed on Euronext Brussels and Paris (SOLB), and in the United States, where its shares (SOLVY) are traded through a Level I ADR program. Learn more at www.solvay.com.
