Danone: 2025 Danone Shareholders’ Meeting: approval of all resolutions
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Danone held its 2025 Shareholders' Meeting with 72.66% of total outstanding share capital represented. Shareholders approved all resolutions, including financial statements for 2024 and a cash dividend of €2.15 per share, representing a 2.4% increase from previous year. The dividend ex-date is set for May 5, 2025, with payment on May 7, 2025.
The meeting approved renewals for Antoine de Saint-Affrique (CEO) and independent directors Patrice Louvet, Géraldine Picaud, and Susan Roberts. Additionally, Danone continues its global Employee Share Subscription Plan, allowing international employees from 48 countries to subscribe to new shares at a 30% discount from the reference price, covering approximately 85% of worldwide employees.
Positive
- Dividend increase of 2.4% to €2.15 per share
- Strong shareholder participation rate of 72.66%
- Expansion of employee share ownership program to 85% of global workforce
- All resolutions approved by shareholders, indicating strong corporate governance support
Negative
- None.
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Press Release – Paris, April 24, 2025, at 5:35 PM CEST
2025 Danone Shareholders’ Meeting: approval of all resolutions
Danone’s Shareholders’ Meeting was held today, chaired by Gilles Schnepp, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Danone’s shareholders approved all the resolutions put to the vote, including the statutory and consolidated financial statements for the 2024 fiscal year, the renewal of the existing financial authorizations, and the distribution of a dividend of
In addition, the Shareholders’ Meeting approved the proposed renewals of terms of office of Antoine de Saint-Affrique, Chief Executive Officer, as well as Patrice Louvet, Géraldine Picaud and Susan Roberts, independent Directors.
This Shareholders’ Meeting was the opportunity to present Danone’s strategy, its development perspectives and the 2024 fiscal year’s highlights, including the commitments and priorities implemented as part of its sustainability journey.
The presentations made during the Shareholders’ Meeting and the answers to all written questions sent by shareholders are available on Danone’s corporate website (www.danone.com). The detailed voting results per resolution and the video webcast of the Shareholders’ Meeting will be available on the website on April 25, 2025 at the latest.
Continuation of the global Employee Share Subscription Plan: in parallel with the French employee shareholding plan implemented again this year, the Board of Directors decided to continue in 2025 its capital increase program reserved to employees working for Danone foreign subsidiaries or in a situation of international mobility within the Group, launched in 2019. Under this program, eligible employees of Danone foreign entities were able to subscribe to new shares with a
About Danone (www.danone.com)
Danone is a leading global food and beverage company operating in three health-focused, fast-growing and on-trend Categories: Essential Dairy & Plant-Based products, Waters and Specialized Nutrition. With a long-standing mission of bringing health through food to as many people as possible, Danone aims to inspire healthier and more sustainable eating and drinking practices while committing to achieve measurable nutritional, social, societal and environment impact. Danone has defined its “Renew” strategy to restore growth, competitiveness, and value creation for the long-term. With almost 90,000 employees, and products sold in over 120 markets, Danone generated
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