Approval of all resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors
Dividend of €2.38 per share
Total: Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of May 16, 2014
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The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of Total (Paris:FP) (LSE:TTA) (NYSE:TOT) was held on May 16, 2014, under the chairmanship of Christophe de Margerie. Shareholders adopted all resolutions recommended by the Board of Directors, including:
The full results of the votes will be available on Total’s corporate website www.total.com in the coming days.
The Shareholders’ Meeting was also an opportunity for Christophe de Margerie, Chairman and CEO, and Patrick de La Chevardière, Chief Financial Officer, to report to shareholders on the activities of the Board of Directors, corporate governance, executive directors’ compensation, and the Group’s 2013 performance and outlook.
Christophe de Margerie highlighted the quality of Total’s corporate governance. He described the activities of the Board and its four committees, and also emphasized the Group’s absolute priority to safety, as well as the total commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility of both himself and his teams.
Patrick de La Chevardière discussed the Group’s solid 2013 results, a slight decrease from the previous year, despite a significant deterioration of European refining margins. He underlined that as announced, the intensive investment phase that the Group embarked on to increase its production reached a peak of 28 billion dollars in 2013.
Finally, Christophe de Margerie presented the Group’s outlook. In the upstream, major projects launched in key regions like Africa, Canada and Russia, as well as entry into promising new assets, notably in Brazil, allow Total to confirm its objectives and strengthen its outlook beyond 2017. In exploration, Total is continuing to pursue its ambitious program which includes, in particular, high-potential prospects in Brazil, the Kwanza basin in Angola and Ivory Coast. In the downstream, Christophe de Margerie detailed the progress made in the program to increase profitability from 2010 to 2015 thanks to major projects, with notably the start-up of the first units of the Satorp platform in Saudi Arabia in 2013, portfolio optimization, and productivity gains.
Christophe de Margerie concluded by thanking the 3,400 shareholders present for their loyalty and confidence, and reiterated the Group’s commitment to continuing the dynamic launched in all its businesses while always placing the highest priority on safety and the environment.
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1 Ex-dividend dates for the three 2013 interim dividends were September 24, 2013 for first quarter 2013 (€0.59/share), December 16, 2013 for second quarter 2013 (€0.59/share), and March 24, 2014 for third quarter 2013 (€0.59/share).
2 The ex-dividend date for the final dividend of 2013 will be June 2, 2014.
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