The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Ascom Holding AG, which was held on 1 April 2014 in Berne, Switzerland, was attended by 155 shareholders representing 17'482'208 votes or 48.6% of the share capital.
The General Meeting approved inter alia with a large majority the following proposals of the Board of Directors:
On the other hand, the Board of Directors decided to postpone the revision of the Articles of Association to the Annual General Meeting 2015. Within the last two days before the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors received indications that the revision of the Articles is facing opposition mainly of foreign shareholders. As the Articles of Association are the essential basis for the definition and the exercise of shareholders rights, the Board of Directors did not want to raise a controversial discussion. The Board of Directors will make a re-evaluation taking into account the input from investor relations discussions and the best practice in the implementation of the Ordinance against Excessive Compensations (OaEC) emerging in the next months. Target is to present a new proposal at the Annual General Meeting 2015 which will find a clear majority.
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