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Rocket Internet SE: Annual General Meeting
09.06.2016 / 16:00
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Rocket Internet SE: Annual General Meeting
09.06.2016 / 16:00
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Rocket Internet SE: Annual General Meeting
- Proposals approved with a majority of at least 83.3%
- Pierre Louette and Stefan Krause joined Supervisory Board
- Shareholders discharged Supervisory Board and Management Board
Berlin, Germany, June 09th 2016 - Rocket Internet SE ("The Company", ISIN
DE000A12UKK6, RKET) held its Annual General Meeting at the Company's new
Berlin headquarters, with a presence of 88.98%. The Annual General Meeting
approved all items on the agenda in accordance with the proposals made by
the Supervisory Board and the Management Board with a majority of at least
83.3%.
Moreover, Rocket Internet's shareholders appointed Pierre Louette and
Stefan Krause as new members of the Company's Supervisory Board. Lorenzo
Grabau and Erik Mitteregger have resigned from the Supervisory Board with
effect as from the end of the Annual General Meeting.
The shareholders discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the
Management Board for the financial year 2015.
Oliver Samwer, CEO Rocket Internet: "We would like to thank our employees
for their commitment and hard work. We are grateful for the confidence and
support our shareholders have once again shown in us. We are focussed on
implementing our strategic objectives, in order to create sustainable value
for our shareholders. In 2016, our main focus lies on improving the
profitability of our companies while we continue to support their growth."
Find further information here:
https://www.rocket-internet.com/investors/annual-general-meeting.
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Media Contact
T: +49 30 300 13 18 68
E: media@rocket-internet.com
About Rocket Internet
Rocket Internet builds and invests in Internet companies that take proven
online business models to new, fast-growing markets. Rocket Internet
focuses on five industry sectors of online and mobile retail services that
make up a significant share of consumer spending: Food & Groceries,
Fashion, General Merchandise, Home & Living and Travel. Its network of
companies operates a variety of business models in over 110 countries on
six continents with more than 36,000 employees at the end of 2015. Rocket
Internet SE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE000A12UKK6,
RKET). For further information please visit www.rocket-internet.com.
Disclaimer
This document contains forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on the current views, expectations and assumptions of the management
of Rocket Internet SE ("Rocket Internet") and involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such
statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially
from those described in such statements due to, among other things, changes
in the general economic and competitive environment, risks associated with
capital markets, currency exchange rate fluctuations and competition from
other companies, changes in international and national laws and
regulations, in particular with respect to tax laws and regulations, and
other factors. Rocket Internet does not assume any obligations to update
any forward-looking statements.
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- Proposals approved with a majority of at least 83.3%
- Pierre Louette and Stefan Krause joined Supervisory Board
- Shareholders discharged Supervisory Board and Management Board
Berlin, Germany, June 09th 2016 - Rocket Internet SE ("The Company", ISIN
DE000A12UKK6, RKET) held its Annual General Meeting at the Company's new
Berlin headquarters, with a presence of 88.98%. The Annual General Meeting
approved all items on the agenda in accordance with the proposals made by
the Supervisory Board and the Management Board with a majority of at least
83.3%.
Moreover, Rocket Internet's shareholders appointed Pierre Louette and
Stefan Krause as new members of the Company's Supervisory Board. Lorenzo
Grabau and Erik Mitteregger have resigned from the Supervisory Board with
effect as from the end of the Annual General Meeting.
The shareholders discharged the members of the Supervisory Board and the
Management Board for the financial year 2015.
Oliver Samwer, CEO Rocket Internet: "We would like to thank our employees
for their commitment and hard work. We are grateful for the confidence and
support our shareholders have once again shown in us. We are focussed on
implementing our strategic objectives, in order to create sustainable value
for our shareholders. In 2016, our main focus lies on improving the
profitability of our companies while we continue to support their growth."
Find further information here:
https://www.rocket-internet.com/investors/annual-general-meeting.
--- END ---
Media Contact
T: +49 30 300 13 18 68
E: media@rocket-internet.com
About Rocket Internet
Rocket Internet builds and invests in Internet companies that take proven
online business models to new, fast-growing markets. Rocket Internet
focuses on five industry sectors of online and mobile retail services that
make up a significant share of consumer spending: Food & Groceries,
Fashion, General Merchandise, Home & Living and Travel. Its network of
companies operates a variety of business models in over 110 countries on
six continents with more than 36,000 employees at the end of 2015. Rocket
Internet SE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE000A12UKK6,
RKET). For further information please visit www.rocket-internet.com.
Disclaimer
This document contains forward-looking statements. These statements are
based on the current views, expectations and assumptions of the management
of Rocket Internet SE ("Rocket Internet") and involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or
events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such
statements. Actual results, performance or events may differ materially
from those described in such statements due to, among other things, changes
in the general economic and competitive environment, risks associated with
capital markets, currency exchange rate fluctuations and competition from
other companies, changes in international and national laws and
regulations, in particular with respect to tax laws and regulations, and
other factors. Rocket Internet does not assume any obligations to update
any forward-looking statements.
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service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Archive at www.dgap.de
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