05/11/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/12/2021 00:31
The Board of Directors of bpost NV/SA is following a professional process under the leadership of its Remuneration and Nomination Committee to further strengthen its governance.
Upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, the Board of Directors of bpost NV/SA proposes to the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of May 12, 2021 to appoint Mr. Lionel Desclée and Ms. Sonja Willems as independent directors for a term of 4 years.
The information available to the Company shows that these candidates meet the general independence criterion laid down in Article 7:87 of the Belgian Code of Companies and Associations and the specific independence criteria laid down in Article 3.5 of the Corporate Governance Code.
The Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be requested to deliberate and resolve upon the appointment of these candidates. The votes and abstentions which bpost NV/SA has already received in relation to the existing resolution regarding additional candidates proposed by the Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee, will be taken into account.
The CV of the Board candidates and updated convening notice of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders are available on the bpost website.
Questions relating to this Ordinary General Meeting can be sent to [email protected].
For all complementary information:
Veerle Van Mierlo T. +32 472 920229 (Media) [email protected]
Antoine Lebecq T. +32 2 276 2985 (IR) corporate.bpost.be/investors
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