INFICON Holding AG Reports on Successful AGM
- AGM approves all motions proposed by the Board of Directors
- Distribution of CHF 10.00 per registered share out of capital contribution reserves, exempt from withholding tax
- Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation following the introduction of the Swiss Interme-diary-Held Securities Act
- Re-election of all the Members of the Board of Directors
Bad Ragaz/Switzerland, April 28, 2011. The shareholders of INFICON Holding AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: IFCN), approved today all proposals as put forth by the Board of Directors at the company’s Annual General Meeting held in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland. The Meeting resolved, among others, the distribution of CHF 10.00 per registered share out of capital contribution reserves, which is exempt from withholding tax, as well as the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation due to the Introduction of the Swiss Intermediary-Held Securities Act. Additionally, all Members of the Board of Directors were elected for another term of office of one year.
Shareholders of INFICON, a leading provider of instrumentation and process control software for advanced industrial vacuum processes, approved all proposals put forward by the Board of Directors at today’s Annual General Meeting.
Distribution Out of Capital Contribution Reserves
The General Meeting resolved among others to distribute for the full year 2010 CHF 10.00 per registered share from capital contribution reserves. The distribution is exempt from withholding tax and will take place on May 5, 2011 with the ex-date being May 2, 2011 and the record-date May 4, 2011.
Shareholders also approved the amendment of the Articles of Incorporation following the Introduction of the Swiss Intermediary-Held Securities Act at the beginning of 2010. This Act regulates the custody of certificated and uncertificated securities by custodians as well as their transfer and provides the formal legal basis for what is currently daily practice with regard to securities transfers. The amendment is of a technical nature and in no way impedes the transferability of securities.
All Board Members Re-elected
All Members of the Board of Directors were re-elected for another term of office of one year. The Board of Directors is therefore unchanged and comprises the following Members: Dr Richard Fischer, Paul Otth, Beat Siegrist, Dr Thomas Staehelin und Gustav Wirz (President).
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ABOUT INFICON
INFICON is a leading provider of innovative instrumentation, critical sensor technologies, and advanced process control software that enhance productivity and quality in sophisticated industrial vacuum processes. These analysis, measurement and control products are essential for gas leak detection in air conditioning/refrigeration, and automotive manufacturing. They are vital to equipment manufacturers and end-users in the complex fabrication of semiconductors and thin film coatings for optics, flat panel displays, solar cells and industrial vacuum coating applications. Other users of vacuum based processes include the life sciences, research, aerospace, packaging, heat treatment, laser cutting and many other industrial processes. We also leverage our expertise in vacuum technology to provide unique, toxic chemical analysis products for emergency response, security, and environmental monitoring. INFICON is headquartered in Switzerland and has world-class manufacturing facilities in Europe, the United States and China, as well as subsidiaries in China, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. INFICON registered shares (IFCN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. For more information about INFICON and its products, please visit www.inficon.com.
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