BIC Group - Press
Release
Clichy - 10 May 2017
Annual combined extraordinary and ordinary shareholders'
meeting
and Board of Directors held on
May 10, 2017
Payment of 3.45 euros ordinary
dividend per share
The Annual Combined Extraordinary
and Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting was held on Wednesday, May 10,
2017 in Clichy (92) under the chairmanship of Mr. Bruno Bich,
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.
The Shareholders' Meeting approved
the payment, from May 24, 2017, of an ordinary dividend amount of
3.45 euros per share, up 1.5% compared to the last year ordinary
dividend, and all the proposed resolutions, among them:
· the
financial statements for the full year 2016;
· the
authorizations given to the Board of Directors to undertake
operations with regards to the shares of the Company (share buyback
and cancellations);
· the renewal
of Mr. François Bich and Mrs. Marie-Pauline Chandon-Moët as
Directors;
· the
appointment of Mrs. Candace Matthews as a new Director;
· the renewal
of the mandate of the Statutory and Alternate Auditors;
· the
compensation elements for the fiscal year 2016 of Mr. Bruno Bich,
Mr. Mario Guevara, Mr. François Bich, Mr. Gonzalve Bich, Mr.
James DiPietro and Mrs. Marie-Aimée Bich-Dufour;
· the
compensation policy of the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Vice-Presidents;
- the insertion in the Articles of Incorporation of
an Article 10 bis "Director(s) representing the
employees".
Renewal of Mr. François BICH as Director
In the BIC Group since March 1,
1969, François Bich, age 68, has been a Director since September
30, 1977.
He has been Executive
Vice-President of SOCIÉTÉ BIC from December 15, 1988 to February
29, 2016.
He has been General Manager for
the Lighters category of the BIC Group and Chairman of the company
Société du Briquet Jetable 75 from its creation in 1975 until
February 29, 2016.
Renewal of Mrs. Marie-Pauline CHANDON-MOËT as
Director
Marie-Pauline Chandon-Moët, age
50, has been a Director of the Board of SOCIÉTÉ BIC since May 28,
2003.
She is President of Ferrand SAS.
She was European real estate projects Manager for BIC Group until
December 31, 2010. Before this, she successively held, since 1991,
the positions of Sales Administration Assistant, Sales
Administration Manager (France then Europe), as well as Supply
Chain Manager for Europe.
Marie-Pauline Chandon-Moët has a
Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University in Boston
(U.S.A.).
Appointment of Mrs. Candace MATTHEWS as a new
Director
Since November 2014, Candace
Matthews, age 58, has been Region President, Americas, Amway. She
was recruited by Alticor, the parent company of Amway, in December
of 2007, as Chief Marketing Officer.
Prior to joining Amway, she was
Executive President from 2001 to 2007 of Soft Sheen-Carson (L'Oréal
Group).
Before that, she held different
positions in Marketing at General Mills, Procter & Gamble,
Bausch & Lomb and in Management at Novartis and The Coca-Cola
Company, in the United States.
Candace Matthews has a Bachelor of
Science degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) and an MBA in Marketing from Stanford
University Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California
(U.S.A.).
Investor Relations: +33 1 45 19 52 26 |
Press Contacts |
Sophie
Palliez-Capian
sophie.palliez@bicworld.com |
Priscille
Reneaume : +33 1 53 70 74 70
preneaume@image7.fr |
Katy
Bettach
katy.bettach@bicworld.com |
|
For more information, please consult the corporate
website: www.bicworld.com
2017
Agenda (all dates to be confirmed)
2nd Quarter and
1st Half 2017
results |
3 August
2017 |
Conference
call |
3rd Quarter 2017
results |
25 October
2017 |
Conference
call |
BIC is a world
leader in stationery, lighters, shavers and promotional products.
For more than 60 years, BIC has honored the tradition of providing
high-quality, affordable products to consumers everywhere. Through
this unwavering dedication, BIC has become one of the most
recognized brands in the world. BIC products are sold in more than
160 countries around the world. In 2016, BIC recorded Net Sales of
2,025.8 million euros. The Company is listed on "Euronext Paris"
and is part of the SBF120, CAC Mid 60 and Family Business indexes.
BIC is also part of the following Socially Responsible Investment
indexes: CDP's Climate A List, CDP's Supplier Climate A List,
CDP Supplier Engagement Leader Board, FTSE4Good indexes, Ethibel
Sustainability Index (ESI) Excellence Europe, Euronext Vigeo -
Eurozone 120, Euronext Vigeo - Europe 120, Stoxx Global ESG Leaders
Index.
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