Atos SE Ordinary General Meeting – May 2015
Atos SE held today its Annual General Meeting chaired by Mr. Thierry Breton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
All resolutions submitted by the Board of Directors were approved.
In particular, the General Meeting approved the annual and consolidated accounts for the financial year ending December 31st, 2014, the dividend payment of €0.80 per share, as well as the option for payment of the dividend in either shares or cash. Shareholders may opt [1] for payment in shares between June 4th and June 17th, 2015 inclusive by addressing their request to their financial intermediary. The issuance price of new shares pursuant to exercise of the option of payment in shares was set at € 63.38. The dividend will be detached from the share on June 4th, 2015 and will be paid in cash or shares as from June 26th, 2015.
The General Meeting also renewed the terms of office of Directors of Messrs. Thierry Breton, Bertrand Meunier and Pasquale Pistorio, and ratified the appointment as Director of Ms. Valérie Bernis. Following the renewal of the Directors’ terms of office, the Board of Directors held after the General Meeting decided (i) renew Mr. Thierry Breton as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the duration of his mandate as Director, (ii) renew Mr. Pasquale Pistorio’s mandate as Lead Director and (iii) confirmed the composition of the Board’s Committees.
The voting results of the Combined General Meeting are indicated on Atos website (sections Investors – Annual General Meeting).
About Atos
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a Global digital services leader with 2014 pro forma annual revenue of circa € 10 billion and 86,000 employees in 66 countries. Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data & Cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with clients across different business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and Transportation.
Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, and Worldline.
Contact
For more information, please contact:
Press:
Caroline Crouch
Ph +44 77 33 31 00 86
caroline.crouch@atos.net
Aurélie Negro
Ph + 33 6 47 98 09 49
Aurelie.negro@atos.net
Investors Relations :
Gilles Arditti
Ph +33 1 73 26 00 66
gilles.arditti@atos.net
[1] The option to receive the dividend payment is not available to shareholders residing in a country where such option would require registration or authorization by local market authorities. Shareholders residing outside France are required to inform themselves of any restrictions which may apply under their local law and comply therewith.
