Worldline - 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders - Approval of all resolutions
20 Mai 2021 - 06:00PM
Worldline - 2021 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders - Approval
of all resolutions
WORLDLINE’S 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
APPROVAL OF ALL RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED BY
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bezons, May
20, 2021.
Worldline [Euronext: WLN], leader in the payments industry
held today its Annual General Meeting chaired by Mr. Gilles
Grapinet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
This General Meeting was held behind closed
doors due to the current health context and the resulting
constraints on travels and gatherings. The General Shareholders
Meeting gathered a large quorum of 77%.
The entire vote took place remotely prior to the
General Meeting.
All resolutions have been approved. The General
Meeting approved in particular the Company and consolidated
accounts for the financial year ending December 31st, 2020, as well
as all related-parties agreements submitted to its approval.
The General Meeting approved the renewal of
Director’s term of office of Mrs. Danielle Lagarde1, Mrs. Nazan
Somer Özelgin1, Mrs. Agnès Audier1, Mr. Daniel Schmucki and Mr.
Lorenz von Habsburg Lothringen, for a term of three (3) years. The
General Meeting also renewed Mr Jos Dijsselhof as Censor for a
one-year period.
At the end of this General Meeting, the Board of
Directors of Worldline comprises 19 Directors (including 2
Directors representing the employees), one Censor and a
representative of the Social and Economic Committee. With 65% of
independent Directors, the composition of the Board is
well-balanced and allows an adequate representation of its main
shareholders and strategic partners. The Board is composed of 41%
by women and of a diversity of profiles that ensures solid and
complementary skills.
Furthermore, the General Meeting approved the
elements of compensation and benefits granted to Mr. Gilles
Grapinet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and to Mr.
Marc-Henri Desportes, Deputy Chief Executive Officer for 2020. The
General Meeting also approved the 2021 compensation policies
applicable to the corporate officers, including that of the
non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors with the view of
the contemplated nomination of Mr. Bernard Bourigeaud at the end of
Q3 2021 in this position – Mr. Gilles Grapinet being maintained as
Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Marc-Henri Desportes as Deputy
Chief Executive Officer.
The Shareholders approved the renewal of the
authorization granted to the Board of Directors with regards to
share buybacks, as well as the authorizations and financial
delegations regarding the issue of shares and/or securities notably
with and without preferential subscription rights of shareholders,
as the case may be.
The delegations granted to the Board to increase
the share capital reserved for employees who are members of a
company or group savings plan or employees of the Company’s foreign
subsidiaries were also renewed.
The shareholders also approved the authorization
granted to the Board to allocate performance shares and
stock-options of the Company to employees and/or corporate officers
of the Company or Group companies.
The General Meeting also approved the partial
asset contribution transaction to be carried out between Worldline
and its subsidiary Worldline France SAS, under the terms of which
Worldline will contribute its operational and commercial activities
and the associated support functions to its subsidiary.
The results of voting on all resolutions
submitted to Shareholders are available on the Company’s website:
www.investors.worldline.com/en/general-meeting-of-shareholders.
INVESTOR RELATIONS
Laurent Marie+33 7 84 50 18
90laurent.marie@worldline.com
Benoit d'Amécourt+33 6 75 51 41
47benoit.damecourt@worldline.com
ABOUT WORLDLINE
Worldline [Euronext: WLN] is the European leader
in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player
worldwide. With its global reach and its commitment to innovation,
Worldline is the technology partner of choice for merchants, banks
and third-party acquirers as well as public transport operators,
government agencies and industrial companies in all sectors.
Powered by over 20,000 employees in more than 50 countries,
Worldline provides its clients with sustainable, trusted and secure
solutions across the payment value chain, fostering their business
growth wherever they are. Services offered by Worldline in the
areas of Merchant Services; Terminals, Solutions & Services;
Financial Services and Mobility & e-Transactional Services
include domestic and cross-border commercial acquiring, both
in-store and online, highly-secure payment transaction processing,
a broad portfolio of payment terminals as well as e-ticketing and
digital services in the industrial environment. In 2020 Worldline
generated a proforma revenue of 4.8 billion euros.
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Worldline’s corporate purpose (“raison d’être”)
is to design and operate leading digital payment and transactional
solutions that enable sustainable economic growth and reinforce
trust and security in our societies. Worldline makes them
environmentally friendly, widely accessible, and supports social
transformation.
1 Independant Director
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