COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT SA - Richemont Annual General Meeting 2012

Richemont Annual General Meeting 2012

Richemont Securities SA
(Incorporated in Switzerland)
Share code: CFR
ISIN: CH0045159024
(Richemont)

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  5 SEPTEMBER 2012
(EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AT 15h00 CET)
 
RICHEMONT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012
 
DECISIONS OF THE MEETING

At the Annual General Meeting of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA held today in Geneva, the shareholders approved the results for the year, including the proposals of the board of directors for the appropriation of retained earnings at 31 March 2012.
 
A dividend of CHF 0.550 per share will be paid on the listed 'A' bearer shares and a dividend of CHF 0.055 per share will be paid on the unlisted 'B' registered shares of the Company. The dividend in respect of the A shares will be payable on 13 September 2012 against presentation of coupon number 15, free of charges but subject to Swiss withholding tax at 35 %. The remaining available retained earnings of the Company, after payment of the dividend, are to be carried forward to the next business year.
 
All other matters on the agenda were approved by the shareholders.


Press enquiries: Mr Alan Grieve    			Analysts enquiries:  Ms Sophie Cagnard 
                 Director of Corporate Affairs          		      Head of Investor Relations
                 Tel: +41 22 721 3507					      Tel: +33 1 5818 2597          
                  
                                               


Richemont A shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, Richemonts primary listing, and are included in the Swiss Market Index ('SMI') of leading stocks. Richemont South African Depository Receipts are listed in Johannesburg, Richemonts secondary listing.

05 September 2012

Merchant bank and sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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