Veolia: Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting, April 25, 2024
The Combined General Meeting of Veolia Environnem
ent (Paris:VIE) sha
reholders, held today at the Maison de la Mutualité in
These resolutions relate in particular on:
- the approval of the parent company financial statements and group consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2023;
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the setting of the dividend in cash for the fiscal year ended on
December 31, 2023 at €1.25 per share. The shares will be traded ex-dividend as ofMay 8, 2024 and payable fromMay 10, 2024 ; -
the renewal of the terms of office as Directors of Mrs.
Isabelle Courville and Mr.Guillaume Texier , and the appointment of Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre as Director for a four-year period which will expire at the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting that will be called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2027 ; -
the appointment of the companies
KPMG SA andErnst & Young et Autres as statutory auditors for the certification of sustainability information: with regard to the companyKPMG SA , for a period of one year, which will end after the General Shareholders’ Meeting called upon to decide on the accounts for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2024 , and with regard to the companyErnst & Young et Autres, for a period of five years, which will end after the General Shareholders’ Meeting called upon to decide on the accounts for the fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2028 ; -
the compensation paid during fiscal year 2023 or awarded in respect of the same fiscal year to Mr.
Antoine Frérot , Chairman of the Board of Directors and Mrs.Estelle Brachlianoff , Chief Executive Officer; - the information relating to the 2023 compensation of the Directors (excluding the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer);
- the compensation policy in respect of fiscal year 2024 of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer and Directors;
- the renewal of all the financial authorizations granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital by issuing shares and/or securities, and in particular those in the frame of the implementation of employee share ownership plans;
- the authorization granted to the Board of Directors to grant shares to corporate officers and employees of the Group and corporate officers of the Company.
- the amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association to introduce a double statutory mechanism: (i) the abolition of double voting rights; and (ii) the automatic limitation to 10% of the voting rights of any shareholder who comes to hold, alone or in concert, a fraction of the capital exceeding 10%.
After this combined general meeting, the Board of Directors of
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Mr.
Antoine Frérot , Chairman of the Board of Directors; -
Mrs.
Estelle Brachlianoff , Chief Executive Officer; -
Mr.
Pierre-André de Chalendar *, Senior Independent Director; -
Mr.
Olivier Andriès *; -
Mrs.
Maryse Aulagnon ; - Mrs. Véronique Bédague*;
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Mr.
Pierre-André de Chalendar *; -
Mrs.
Isabelle Courville *; -
Mrs.
Marion Guillou *; -
Mr.
Franck Le Roux , Director representing employees; - Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre*;
- Mrs. Agata Mazurek-Bąk, Director representing employee shareholders;
- Mr. Pavel Páša, Director representing employees;
- Mr. Francisco Reynès*;
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Mr.
Guillaume Texier *; -
Mr.
Enric Amiguet y Rovira , non voting member (censeur).
* Independent member
The Board of Directors has decided on the composition of its committees as follows:
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Accounts and Audit Committee : Mr.Guillaume Texier (Chairman), Mr.Olivier Andriès , Mrs. Véronique Bédague, Mr.Franck Le Roux (Director representing employees) and Mrs. Agata Mazurek-Bąk (Director representing employee shareholders). -
Nominations Committee: Mr.
Pierre-André de Chalendar (Chairman), Mrs.Maryse Aulagnon , Mrs.Isabelle Courville and Mr.Antoine Frérot . -
Compensation Committee: Mr.
Olivier Andriès (Chairman), Mrs.Maryse Aulagnon , Mr.Pierre-André de Chalendar , Mrs.Marion Guillou , Mr.Franck Le Roux (Director representing employees) and Mr. Francisco Reynés. -
Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee : Mrs.Isabelle Courville (Chairwoman), Mrs.Marion Guillou , Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Mr. Pavel Páša (Director representing employees) and Mr.Guillaume Texier . Mr.Enric Amiguet y Rovira is invited to attend all meetings of this committee. -
Purpose of the Company Committee: Mr.
Antoine Frérot (Chairman), Mr.Olivier Andriès , Mr.Pierre-André de Chalendar , Mrs.Isabelle Courville , Mr.Franck Le Roux (Director representing employees) and Mr.Guillaume Texier .
Furthermore, the Board of Directors has reaffirmed its willingness to pursue its policy of shareholder dialogue and engagement initiated several years ago.
See https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/finance/shareholders for the results of voting on the resolutions and a full webcast of the Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting.
ABOUT
1 Excluding the Directors representing employees and the Director representing employee shareholdersin accordance with Articles L. 225-27-1 and L. 22-10-7 of the French Commercial Code.
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PRESS RELATIONS
Anna Beaubatie – Aurélien Sarrosquy
Tel. + 33 (0) 1 85 57 86 25
presse.groupe@veolia.com
INVESTORS RELATIONS
Ronald Wasylec -
Tel. + 33 (0)1 85 57 84 76 / 84 80
investor-relations@veolia.com
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