Ahold Delhaize provides guidance for Annual General Meeting on April 8, 2020; urges shareholders not to attend in-person and ...
30 März 2020 - 8:00AM
Ahold Delhaize provides guidance for Annual General Meeting on
April 8, 2020; urges shareholders not to attend in-person and to
vote in advance by proxy
Zaandam, the Netherlands, March 30, 2020 – Ahold
Delhaize confirms that it will hold its Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders (AGM) on April 8, 2020. As the coronavirus pandemic
develops, to mitigate health risks and comply with Dutch government
health directives, the company today announces further guidance and
necessary measures with respect to the meeting.
Unlike past general meetings, due to the
COVID-19 health risk, the company urges shareholders not to attend
this AGM in-person and to vote in advance of the meeting. If a
shareholder nevertheless insists on attending the meeting
in-person, he or she is requested to send an email to the
Company Secretary at company.secretary@aholddelhaize.com on or
before April 3, 2020 with the motivation to attend in-person. To
ensure a safe and orderly meeting as much as possible, the company
will assess each such request and it cannot admit shareholders who
have not submitted a request to attend in-person. Shareholders who
do attend the meeting in-person will do so at their own health risk
and are responsible for maintaining the mandatory social distance
at all times. Those who show symptoms of COVID-19 as referred to on
the Dutch RIVM website, such as cough, shortness of breath or
fever, or who have been in contact with any person suffering from
COVID-19 during the previous 14 days, may not attend the meeting.
Those who do not act in accordance with the mandatory social
distance will be asked to leave the meeting. Visitors will not be
admitted.
On behalf of the company, only a very limited
number of Management Board and Supervisory Board members will
attend the meeting in-person. Other members will participate
through other means.
The company will broadcast the meeting live so
that all shareholders can follow the proceedings. In addition, the
company will provide the ability for shareholders to submit
questions in writing prior to the meeting, by sending them to
company.secretary@aholddelhaize.com before April 4, 2020. The
company intends to answer all questions during the meeting. As
per the original convocation, shareholders are able to exercise
voting rights through electronic or written proxy on or before
April 1, 2020.
The meeting will take place at Muziekgebouw aan
't IJ, Amsterdam, as per the original convocation. If, in the
opinion of the company or by governmental/ RIVM directive, a health
or safety issue would arise in relation to the meeting, it may make
last minute changes to logistics or venue including additional
requirements or limitations in relation to the attendance in
person. This includes the option of organizing an AGM without a
physical component, if and when legally allowed. The company will
inform shareholders of any such changes.
As stated in our previous press release, there will be no lunch
or post-meeting reception or other social gatherings surrounding
the meeting.
Ahold Delhaize trusts that its shareholders will
understand the above measures in view of the extraordinary
situation. The company continues to closely monitor the situation
and advises its shareholders to regularly check the company website
for updates.
Cautionary noticeThis communication includes
forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of
historical facts may be forward-looking statements. Words such
as will, guidance, ensure, cannot, so that, can, intends to,
are, would, may or continues to or other similar words or
expressions are typically used to identify forward-looking
statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties
and other factors that are difficult to predict and that may
cause actual results of Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V. (the
“Company”) to differ materially from future results expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors
include, but are not limited to, the risk factors set forth in
the Company’s public filings and other disclosures.
Forward-looking statements reflect the current views of the
Company’s management and assumptions based on information currently
available to the Company’s management. Forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made and the Company
does not assume any obligation to update such statements,
except as required by law.
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