EVS Broadcast Equipment : shareholders approve ...

Publication on May 20, 2014
Regulated information - combined general meeting
EVS Broadcast Equipment SA: Euronext Brussels (EVS.BR), Bloomberg (EVS BB), Reuters (EVSB.BR)

 

EVS Broadcast Equipment SA, the leading provider of live video production systems, today held a Combined General Meeting of Shareholders (ordinary, special and extraordinary meetings).

One hundred fifty-one shareholders representing 3,817,264 shares, or 28.0% of the company shares, attended physically or by proxy the combined general meeting at EVS Head Office.

During the Ordinary General Meeting, all Board propositions have been approved and in particular the following points:

• 100% of the represented shares approved a total gross dividend of EUR 2.16 for fiscal year 2013, which implies the payment of a final gross dividend of EUR 1.00 (EUR 0.75 net after payment of withholding tax of 25%, ex-date May 28, 2014, and payment date June 2, 2014);
• Shareholders approved the renewal of the mandate as Director of Acces Direct (represented by Pierre Rion) and Christian Raskin.

During the Special General Meeting that followed, 94.9% of the votes approved the change of control clauses, in relation with the financing of the new headquarter.

Since the Extraordinary General Meeting did not reach the legal quorum of 50%, the Board of Directors invites shareholders to a new Postponed Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders to be held in the company's head office at 16, rue Bois St-Jean, B-4102 Seraing, on Friday June 20, 2014, at 11:30 am.

All documents relating to the different General Meeting, including a summary of the votes, can be found on the company website www.evs.com.

Corporate Calendar:
Wednesday May 28, 2014: final dividend: ex-date
Friday May 30, 2014: final dividend: record date
Monday June 2, 2014: final dividend: payment date
Friday June 20, 2014: postponed Extraordinary General Meeting
Thursday August 28, 2014: 2Q14 earnings
Tuesday November 18, 2014: 3Q14 earnings

For more information, please contact: Joop JANSSEN, Managing Director & CEO Magdalena BARON, CFO Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Vice President  Investor Relations & Corporate Communication EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A., Liege Science Park, 16 rue du Bois Saint-Jean, B-4102 Seraing, Belgium Tel: [phone].  E-mail: [e-mail]; www.evs.com

About EVS EVS provides its customers with reliable and innovative technology to enable the production of live, enriched video programming, allowing them to work more efficiently and boost their revenue streams. Its industry-leading broadcast and media production systems are used by broadcasters, production companies, post-production facilities, film studios, content owners and archive libraries around the globe. It spans four key markets - Sports, Entertainment, News and Media. Founded in 1994, its innovative Live Slow Motion system revolutionised live broadcasting. Its reliable and integrated tapeless solutions, based around its market-leading XT server range, are now widely used to deliver live productions worldwide. Today, it continues to develop practical innovations, such as its C-Cast second-screen delivery platform, to help customers maximise the value of their media content. The company is headquartered in Belgium and has offices in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America. Approximately 497 EVS professionals from 20 offices are selling its branded products in over 100 countries, and provide customer support globally. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, please visit www.evs.com. dcinex, of which EVS owns 41.3%, is the European leader for Digital Cinema technology and services in Europe with more than 5,500 committed digital screens in Europe, out of which 3,700 have already been deployed. www.dcinex.com.

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Source: EVS Broadcast Equipment via Globenewswire

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