Large gathering at the Annual General Meeting of EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG
- 1'691 people and 90.23% of shares entitled to vote
- Enchanting Swiss folk music from the young Swiss alphorn player Lisa Stoll and brothers Florian & Seppli
- Payment of an ordinary dividend of CHF 7.00 per share
Large gathering at the Annual General Meeting of EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG
- 1'691 people and 90.23% of shares entitled to vote
- Enchanting Swiss folk music from the young Swiss alphorn player Lisa Stoll and brothers Florian & Seppli
- Payment of an ordinary dividend of CHF 7.00 per share
The invitation to this year's 49th Annual General Meeting of the EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG on August 11, 2012 in Domat/Ems was followed by shareholders with a large gathering of 1'691 people.
The musical accompanying programme for the meeting was provided by three young stars from the Swiss folk music scene: The 16-year-old alphorn player Lisa Stoll from Wilchingen in Canton Schaffhausen enthralled shareholders with her virtuoso, modern and classic alphorn tones while the 13 and 16-year-old brothers Florian & Seppli from Ballwil in the region of Lucerne, captivated the audience with yodelling, a Schwyzeroergeli accordion, spoons and a large portion of charm. All three musicians, the alphorn player Lisa Stoll and the brother duo Florian & Seppli, are already proud winners of the young musicians competition organised by the well-known German-language folk music programme «Musikantenstadel». The highlight of the meeting was the performance by the three young and talented artists of the traditional piece "Lueged vo Baerg und Tal", especially arranged for the trio for the Annual General Meeting of EMS-CHEMIE. As is tradition, the Tambourine Society Domat/Ems lead by Andri Seglias provided a dignified close to the proceedings.
The 1'691 shareholders were served with a three-course lunch menu and, following this, were able to visit the extremely successful exhibition on the history of EMS-CHEMIE (already more than 9'300 visitors).*
The Annual General Meeting approved all motions submitted by the Board of Directors including payment of an ordinary dividend of CHF 7.00 gross for each dividend-bearing registered share. Dividend payment will commence on August 17, 2012. EMS shares will be traded ex-dividend from August 14, 2012.
All members of the Board of Directors Dr Ulf Berg, Magdalena Martullo, Dr Hansjörg Frei and Dr Werner Prätorius were reappointed for a further term of office of one year as was the statutory auditor KPMG AG, Zurich.
A total of 19'595'233 registered shares were represented at the Annual General Meeting; this corresponds to 90.23% of all shares entitled to vote.
* The anniversary exhibition is open for group visits following advance reservation.
Reservations can be made to the email address: ausstellung@emschemie.ch or by telephone: +41 81 632 78 78.
