• Patrick De Maeseneire reelected as Chairman
• Board honored James (Jim) Donald who had decided to step down
• Suja Chandrasekaran, Angela Wei Dong and Markus Neuhaus elected as new Board members
• All other Board members reelected for a term of office of one year
• Dividend payout of CHF 24.00 per share approved
• KPMG AG, Zurich, reelected as auditors of the company

All other Board members, namely Patrick De Maeseneire, Fernando Aguirre, Jakob Baer, Nicolas Jacobs, Elio Leoni Sceti, Timothy Minges and Juergen Steinemann were reelected for another term of office of one year.

The shareholders also approved the proposed payout of CHF 24.00 per share, an increase of +20% versus prior year. The dividend will be paid to shareholders on January 9, 2019.

KPMG AG, Zurich, was re-elected as auditors of the company for fiscal year 2018/19.

Barry Callebaut’s fiscal year 2017/18 closed on August 31, 2018.

Picture gallery of the Annual General Meeting 2018 of Barry Callebaut AG - more pictures can be found on our Flickr channel: 

(pictures by Boris Baldinger and Janic Wermuth)