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Blue Cap AG: Annual General Meeting approves dividend of €0.85 per share and appoints new Supervisory Board members

DGAP-News: Blue Cap AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM Blue Cap AG: Annual General Meeting approves dividend of €0.85 per share and appoints new Supervisory Board members 30.06.2022 / 07:00 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Blue Cap AG holds virtual general meeting Annual General Meeting approves dividend of €0.85 per share Ms Kirsten Lange becomes new the Chair of the Supervisory Board Further agenda items passed with clear majority Munich, Germany, 30 June 2022 – At yesterday's Annual General Meeting, the shareholders of Blue Cap AG (“Blue Cap”) approved all the draft resolutions submitted by the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board with the required consent.

The vast majority of shareholders accepted the dividend proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board in the amount of €0.85 per share. In light of the Xetra closing price of June 28, 2022, of €25.70, this corresponds to a dividend yield of 3.3%. With this distribution, Blue Cap AG continues its stable and sustainable dividend policy. 

A new chair for the Supervisory Board

In line with the Articles of Association, all five posts on the Supervisory Board were up for election. Kirsten Lange and Freya Oehle were newly elected to the Supervisory Board, replacing Prof. Dr Peter Bräutigam and Dr Stephan Werhahn, who are no longer standing for election. Existing Supervisory Board members Dr Henning von Kottwitz, Dr. Michael Schieble and Michel Galeazzi were re-elected to the Supervisory Board. Dr Kerstin Kopp was elected as a substitute member. The Supervisory Board subsequently moved to appoint Ms Lange as Chair and Dr. Schieble as Deputy Chair.

A good start to the year in a challenging environment, and confirmation of the annual forecast

In its speech, the Management Board set out the operational and strategic business development of the Blue Cap Group in detail. Specifically, the progress of the individual portfolio companies over the first few months of 2022 was addressed.