Annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG
Dividend increased to EUR 0.35
At the annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG held today in Freudenstadt, the shareholders present seconded the proposal of the management and supervisory boards to distribute a dividend for fiscal year 2013 of EUR 0.35. This represents a 40 percent increase on the prior year (EUR 0.25). The annual general meeting also approved the amendment of the profit and loss transfer agreement between HOMAG Group AG and HOMAG Holzbearbeitungssysteme GmbH into a domination and profit and loss transfer agreement. The management board and the supervisory board were exonerated. A total of above 270 shareholders attended the annual general meeting, representing 83 percent of the capital stock.
In his speech, CEO Dr. Markus Flik looked back on fiscal year 2013 in which the HOMAG Group improved all key indicators on 2012 and in some cases exceeded its forecasts. Flik informed shareholders of the start to the current fiscal year with a successful first quarter of 2014, discussing in depth the acquisition of the US sales and service company Stiles in February. He also confirmed all of the forecasts made to date for 2014, which project further growth of HOMAG Group’s order intake, sales revenue and earnings. Another topic concerned the HOMAG Group’s strategy for planned profitable growth.
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