Dividend increases to EUR 0.40
Annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG
At the annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG in Freudenstadt, the shareholders present seconded the proposal of the management and supervisory boards to increase the dividend from EUR 0.35 in the prior year to EUR 0.40. The management board and the supervisory board were exonerated. A total of around 200 shareholders took part in the general meeting, representing 81 percent of the share capital.
Ralph Heuwing, CEO and cross-board representative as CFO of Dürr AG, emphasized in his speech on fiscal year 2014 that the HOMAG Group had returned a record sales revenue. In addition, Heuwing reported that integration into the Dürr Group was progressing as planned. He also confirmed all of the forecasts made to date for 2015, which project further growth of the HOMAG Group’s order intake and sales revenue, coupled with a proportionately larger increase in net profit.
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