At today's Annual General Meeting of Swiss Life Holding Ltd, shareholders approved all resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors. The total distribution amounts to CHF 16.50 gross per share. Thomas Buess was newly elected to the Board of Directors.
Around 1290 shareholders attended the Annual General Meeting at the Hallenstadion in Zurich. Overall, 17.49 million of the voting rights (51.10% of share capital) were represented.
For the 2018 financial year, the Board of Directors proposed a distribution to the shareholders totalling CHF 16.50 gross per registered share. This comprises a withholding tax-free distribution from the capital contribution reserve in the amount of CHF 2.50 as well as a distribution from profit of CHF 14.00 gross. The entire distribution of CHF 11.60 net as approved at the General Meeting will be paid out with value date 7 May 2019. The General Meeting confirmed Rolf Dörig as Chairman of the Board of Directors and elected the other Board members for an extra term of office of one year each. Thomas Buess was newly elected to the Board of Directors.
Publication of the financial condition report
SwissLife also published its financial condition report today. This reporting with additional information regarding the already published 2018 annual report contains details of the solvency of Swiss Life in addition to information concerning operating activity, governance and risk management. It is available at www.swisslife.com/results.
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Swiss Life
The Swiss Life Group is one of Europe's leading comprehensive life and pensions and financial solutions providers. In its core markets of Switzerland, France and Germany, Swiss Life offers individuals and corporations comprehensive and individual advice plus a broad range of own and partner products through its sales force and distribution partners such as brokers and banks.
Swiss Life Select, Tecis, Horbach, Proventus, Fincentrum and Chase de Vere advisors choose suitable products for customers from the market according to the Best Select approach. Swiss Life Asset Managers offers institutional and private investors access to investment and asset management solutions. Swiss Life provides multinational corporations with employee benefits solutions and high net worth individuals with structured life and pensions products.
Swiss Life Holding Ltd, registered in Zurich, was founded in 1857 as Schweizerische Rentenanstalt. The shares of Swiss Life Holding Ltd are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SLHN). The subsidiaries Livit, Corpus Sireo, Beos and Mayfair Capital are also part of the Swiss Life Group. The Group employs a workforce of around 8600 and has at its disposal a distribution network of some 14 000 advisors.
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