The Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders of ageas SA/NV have approved all the proposals submitted to it by the Board of Directors. 

36.90 % of the share capital was represented.

The General Meetings of Shareholders have approved:

  • the company's statutory annual accounts for the financial year 2014;
  • the payment of a gross cash dividend of EUR 1.55 per Ageas share[1]:
    #_ftn1    ;
  • the remuneration report;
  • the appointment of Mr Christophe Boizard and Mr Filip Coremans, both members of the executive committee of Ageas, as executive members of the Board of Directors, for a period of 4 years, until the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2019;
  • the reappointment for a period of 4 years, until the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in 2019 of:
    • Mr. Jozef De Mey as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors;
    • Mr. Guy de Selliers de Moranville as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors;
    • Mr. Lionel Perl as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors;
    • Mr. Jan Zegering Hadders  as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors;
  • the renewal of the term of office of the Statutory Auditor KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises/ Bedrijfsrevisoren for a period of 3 years for the financial years 2015, 2016 and 2017;
  • the cancellation of the shares bought back in 2014;
  • the cancellation of VVPR strips.


The Meetings have also approved the other agenda points, including the amendments to the Articles of Association.

Finally, the Meetings approved the proposal to discharge the members of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditor KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises/ Bedrijfsrevisoren for the financial year 2014.



Ageas is an international insurance group with a heritage spanning 190 years. Ranked among the top 20 insurance companies in Europe, Ageas has chosen to concentrate its business activities in Europe and Asia, which together make up the largest share of the global insurance market. These are grouped around four segments: Belgium, United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Asia and served through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors around the world. Ageas operates successful partnerships in Belgium, the UK, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, China, Malaysia, India and Thailand and has subsidiaries in France, Hong Kong and the UK. Ageas is the market leader in Belgium for individual life and employee benefits, as well as a leading Non-Life player through AG Insurance. In the UK, Ageas is the sixth largest Non-Life insurer with a number 3 position in cars insured and has a strong presence in the over 50's market. Ageas employs more than 13,000 people in the consolidated entities and over 30,000 in the non-consolidated partnerships, and has annual inflows of more than EUR 25 billion.

[1]:
#_ftnref1   Dividend: the meeting approved a gross cash dividend of EUR 1.55 per Ageas share for the financial year 2014. The timetable is as follows: 6 May 2015: ex-dividend date; 8 May 2015: payment date (coupon no.4). More information about the fiscal treatment of the dividend can be found on http://www.ageas.com/en/investors/dividend:
http://www.ageas.com/en/investors/dividend. 

 

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