Givaudan held its 2024 Annual General Meeting, which approved the 2023 Management Report, the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statement and the 2023 Report on non-financial matters.
The following current members of the board of directors were also re-elected each for a 1-year term:
- Victor Balli
- Ingrid Deltenre
- Olivier Filliol
- Sophie Gasperment
- Calvin Grieder (also re-elected as chairman)
- Roberto Guidetti
- Tom Knutze
Manuel Isler, attorney-at-law, was re-elected as independent shareholder representative and KPMG AG was re-elected as statutory auditors for the financial year 2024.
During the meeting, a distribution to the shareholders of a cash dividend of CHF 68.00 gross per share was approved. This is the 23rd consecutive dividend increase following Givaudan’s listing on the Swiss stock exchange in 2000.
Grieder said, "The external environment remained challenging in 2023, with ongoing geopolitical instabilities and a macro economic environment of inflationary pressures and rising interest rates. Our industry has also gone through a period of significant change. In this dynamic market environment, we have remained focused on our core strategy of growing with our customers through customized, high value-added solutions. I am very proud of how our teams around the world have responded to the challenges and continued to deliver fantastic products that meet our customers’ needs."
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