Wiesloch, June 25, 2020 – At today's Annual General Meeting of MLP SE, which took place as a purely online event in view of the Corona pandemic, the shareholders approved all items on the agenda. 99.99 percent voted in favour of the suggested distribution of 21 cents per share. MLP is thereby continuing the consistent dividend policy it has pursued over the last few years. Discharge was granted to the Executive Board and Supervisory Board with an approval rate of 99.98 and 78.12 percent respectively. With an approval rate of 99.95 percent, the shareholders also accepted the proposal to appoint KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany as auditor and Group auditor for the financial year 2020. An amendment to the company's articles of association was passed with an approval rate of 99.99 percent in order to meet altered legal requirements (ARUG II) for the provision of evidence of shareholdings in future. In addition, the recast version of the profit and loss transfer agreement between MLP SE and MLP Banking AG was approved with 99.99 percent of votes.
Those in attendance represented around 78.68 percent of the share capital.
Item | Yes votes in percent |
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Resolution concerning the use of unappropriated profit as per December 31, 2019 | 99.99 |
Resolution on the discharge of the Executive Board of the MLP SE for the financial year 2019 | 99.98 |
Resolution on the discharge of the Supervisory Board of the MLP SE for the financial year 2019 | 78.12 |
Appointment of the auditor for the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2020 | 99.95 |
Resolution on the amendment to the company's articles of association to comply with ARUG II | 99.99 |
Resolution on redrafting the profit and loss transfer agreement between MLP SE and MLP Banking AG | 99.99 |