Groupe Danone Shareholders Vote in Favour of All Resolutions at the Annual General Meeting 2008
PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Regulatory News:
Groupe Danone (Paris:BN) reports that Groupe Danone’s shareholders voted in favour of all resolutions during the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) that was held today.
57.68% of Groupe Danone’s total share capital outstanding was present or represented at the AGM 2008.
The shareholders notably approved the statutory and consolidated financial statements 2007 as well as the proposed dividend of € 1.10 per share payable in cash. This dividend will be paid as of Wednesday 14 May 2008.
In addition, all proposed renewals of the mandates of the Board of Directors were approved by the shareholders.
The presentations, an overview of the voting results per resolution and an integral video webcast of the AGM will be available on Groupe Danone’s corporate website (www.danone.com) from 30th April 2008 onwards.
Groupe Danone, the worldwide leader in healthy food.
Groupe Danone is a Fortune 500 company and one of the most successful healthy food companies in the world. Its mission is to bring health through tasty, nutritious and affordable food and beverage products to as many people as possible. Fulfilling this mission is a major contributor to the Groupe’s continuous fast growth. Groupe Danone with 150 plants and around 76 000 employees has a presence in all five continents and over 120 countries. In 2007, Groupe Danone recorded 12.7 billion euros sales.
Groupe Danone enjoys leading positions on healthy food on four businesses: fresh dairy products (n°1 worldwide), waters (n° 2 on the packaged water market), baby nutrition (n°2 worldwide) and medical nutrition. Listed on Euronext Paris, Groupe Danone is also ranked among the main index of social responsibility: Dow Jones Sustainability Index Stoxx and World, ASPI Eurozone and Ethibel Sustainability index.