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Shareholders at BB Biotech AG’s AGM vote in favor of all proposals and approve the dividend of CHF 2.00 per share

EQS-News: BB BIOTECH AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM/Dividend Shareholders at BB Biotech AG’s AGM vote in favor of all proposals and approve the dividend of CHF 2.00 per share 21.03.2024 / 18:00 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Media release of March 21, 2024

Shareholders at BB Biotech AG’s AGM vote in favor of all proposals and approve the dividend of CHF 2.00 per share

All proposals of BB Biotech AG's Board of Directors were approved by BB Biotech AG's shareholders at its Annual General Meeting held today.

Shareholders voted in favor of the proposal to pay out a dividend of CHF 2.00 gross per share. Payment will be made on March 27, 2024, the record date is March 26, 2024 and the ex-dividend date is March 25, 2024.

Dr. Thomas von Planta, former member of the Board of Directors, was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors, succeeding Dr. Erich Hunziker, who did not stand for re-election. The Board of Directors thanks him for his valuable contribution and personal commitment to BB Biotech over the past 13 years. In addition, Camilla Soenderby was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors. The shareholders re-elected the current Board members Dr. Clive Meanwell, Laura Hamill, Dr. Pearl Huang and Prof. Dr. Mads Krogsgaard Thomsen for a further one-year term of office.


For further information:

Investor Relations
Bellevue Asset Management AG, Seestrasse 16, 8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland, tel. [phone]
Dr. Silvia Siegfried-Schanz, [e-mail]
Maria-Grazia Alderuccio, [e-mail]
Claude Mikkelsen, [e-mail]

Media Relations
Bellevue Asset Management AG, Seestrasse 16, 8700 Küsnacht, Switzerland, tel. [phone]
Tanja Chicherio, [e-mail]

TE Communications AG, Bleichestrasse 11, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland, tel. [phone]
Thomas Egger, [e-mail]

 

www.bbbiotech.com

Company profile  
BB Biotech AG is an investment company with its registered office in Schaffhausen/Switzerland and listed on the Swiss and German stock exchanges. It has invested in innovative drug developers headquartered primarily in the US and Western Europe. BB Biotech is one of the world’s largest investors in this sector. The competent Board of Directors with its long-standing experience set the investment strategy and guidelines. Investment decisions are taken by the experienced investment management team of Bellevue Asset Management AG based on their extensive investment research.

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Language:	English
Company:	BB BIOTECH AG
	Schwertstrasse 6
	8200 Schaffhausen
	Switzerland
Phone:	[phone]
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.bbbiotech.ch
ISIN:	CH0038389992
WKN:	A0NFN3
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Mailand, SIX
EQS News ID:	1864639

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1864639  21.03.2024 CET/CEST