Syngenta Says About 48% Shareholders OK All Motions Proposed By Board

(RTTNews) - Swiss crop chemicals firm Syngenta AG (SYT) announced that the 861 shareholders, representing 48.48% of the total shares, approved all the motions proposed by the board, at today's Annual General Meeting. The shareholders approved motions including a gross dividend of 10.00 Swiss francs per share, up 5% year-on-year.

For the first time, according to the Ordinance against Excessive Compensation at Listed Companies which took effect on January 1, 2014, all the board members, Michel Demaré as Chairman of the Board, the members of the Compensation Committee and the Independent Proxy stood for election or re-election for one-year period. Also, the revised Articles of Incorporation of Syngenta AG were submitted to the Annual General Meeting for approval.