Annual General Meeting 2013

Resolutions and votes cast

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2013

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) took place on Friday 3 May 2013 at DSM’s head office in Heerlen, the Netherlands.

The shareholders or shareholder representatives attending the meeting represented 59.06% of the issued share capital entitled to vote. There is one vote per share and all the resolutions were approved.

Agenda item 2

The Managing Board elucidated the Annual Report for 2012.

Agenda item 3

The Financial Statements for 2012 were adopted.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes126,521,4966125,898126,647,400
%100.00  100.00

Agenda item 4a

The reserve policy and dividend policy were elucidated.

Agenda item 4b

The dividend per ordinary share to be paid for 2012 being €1.50 was declared. The final dividend (€1.02) to be made available in cash or ordinary shares at the option of the shareholder was adopted.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes126,479,10742,553125,738126,647,400
%99.970.03 100.00

Agenda item 5a

The members of the Managing Board were released from liability in respect of their managerial activities; the release relates to the data revealed by the annual accounts and/or otherwise communicated to the General Meeting before the annual accounts were approved.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes124,602,9551,828,247216,198126,647,400
%98.551.45 100.00

Agenda item 5b

The members of the Supervisory Board were released from liability in respect of their supervisory role; the release relates to the data revealed by the annual accounts and/or otherwise communicated to the General Meeting before the annual accounts were approved.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes124,600,3601,828,258218,635126,647,253
%98.551.45 100.00

Agenda item 6

Mr. Dimitri de Vreeze was appointed as member of the Managing Board.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes128,877,38898,0051,390,781126,366,174
%99.920.08 100.00

Agenda item 7

Mr. Pierre Hochuli was re-appointed as member of the Supervisory Board.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes125,119,401136,6871,390,051126,646,139
%99.890.11 100.00

Agenda item 8

The proposal to amend the remuneration policy for the Managing Board was approved.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes124,309,7931,140,8691,192,774126,643,436
%99.090.91 100.00

Agenda item 9

The evaluation of the Auditor was elucidated.

Agenda item 10a

The period during which the Managing Board is authorized to issue ordinary shares was extended.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes109,944,11216,294,216404,814126,643,142
%87.0912.91 100.00

Agenda item 10b

The period during which the Managing Board is authorized to limit or exclude the preferential right when issuing ordinary shares was extended.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes98,222,32028,014,899406,152126,643,371
%77.8122.19 100.00

Agenda item 11

Authorization was granted to the Managing Board to have the company repurchase own shares.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes124,970,2251,513,237159,931126,643,393
%98.801.20 100.00

Agenda item 12

The meeting resolved to reduce the issued capital by cancellation of own shares up to a maximum of the number that is or will be bought by the company.

 ForAgainstAbstainTotal
Votes126,458,11659,460125,638126,643,214
%99.950.05 100.00

Published 03 May 2013

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