Payout of dividend and
The shareholders of ABB have approved all the proposals by the company's Board of Directors at its 2021 Annual General Meeting. Due to the extraordinary circumstances and in line with applicable Swiss COVID-19 legislation, shareholders were not able to attend the meeting in person but could exercise their shareholder rights via the independent proxy who represented 59 percent of the issued share capital.
The shareholders supported the proposed distribution of a dividend of
99.4 percent of the votes. The dividend payment in
Furthermore, a capital reduction through the cancellation of shares repurchased under ABB's share buyback program announced in
The final results of the Annual General Meeting are available on www.abb.com. ABB will be reporting first quarter results on
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