18.05.2022

Erste Group’s Annual General Meeting resolves dividend of EUR 1.60 per share

  • Dividend payout of EUR 1.60 per share for the 2021 financial year approved
  • Discharge granted to members of the Management and Supervisory Boards
  • Four new members elected to Supervisory Board, four members re-elected

Additional resolutions and updates

All other resolutions that had been put forward at the AGM were similarly approved by large majorities of the shareholder votes. Moreover, the AGM’s participants were informed about the motivations behind CEO Bernd Spalt’s decision not to seek a renewal of his contract. The Supervisory Board will initiate the process for succession via the newly constituted Nomination Committee. Bernd Spalt will continue to manage the business of Erste Group until further notice.

Full details for the AGM, including the results for the shareholder votes on individual proposals and a video stream of the meeting, will be available on the Erste Group website: https://www.erstegroup.com/en/investors/events/agm/agm2022