Annual General Meeting 2015

Resolutions and votes cast

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2015

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) took place on Thursday 30 April 2015 at DSM’s head office in Heerlen, the Netherlands.

The shareholders or shareholder representatives attending the meeting represented 57% 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 2014.

Agenda item 3

The implementation in 2014 of the remuneration policy for the Managing Board was discussed.

Agenda item 4

The Financial Statements for 2014 were adopted.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	123,644,661	710	71,481	123,716,852
%	100.00	0.00		100.00

Agenda item 5a

The reserve policy and dividend policy were elucidated.

Agenda item 5b

The dividend per ordinary share to be paid for 2014 being €1.65 was declared. The final dividend (€1.10) to be made available in cash or ordinary shares, at the option of the shareholder was adopted.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	122,104,223	1,435,034	177,409	123,716,666
%	98.84	1.16		100.00

Agenda item 6a

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.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	122,708,063	601,963	407,166	123,717,192
%	99.51	0.49		100.00

Agenda item 6b

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.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	122,706,352	602,173	407,358	123,715,883
%	99.51	0.49		100.00

Agenda item 7

Mr. Stephan Tanda was reappointed as a member of the Managing Board.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	123,226,267	104,092	385,473	123,715,832
%	99.92	0.08		100.00

Agenda item 8

Mrs. Pauline van der Meer Mohr was reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	122,088,205	1,242,424	386,100	123,716,729
%	98.99	1.01		100.00

Agenda item 9a

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

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	116,484,171	7,161,040	70,961	123,716,172
%	94.21	5.79		100.00

Agenda item 9b

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

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	103,122,745	20,522,706	70,721	123,716,172
%	83.40	16.60		100.00

Agenda item 10

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

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	122,889,406	660,519	166,248	123,716,173
%	99.47	0.53		100.00

Agenda item 11

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.

	For	Against	Abstain	Total
Votes	123,514,852	132,593	70,119	123,717,564
%	99.89	0.11		100.00

Published 30 Apr 2015