Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Annual General Meeting 2013
Zurich, April 4, 2013 – The Ordinary General Meeting of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (Zurich) today approved an unchanged dividend of CHF 17.00 per registered share, resulting in a payout ratio of net income of 70%. As this year’s dividend payment will again be paid from the capital contribution reserves, it will be exempt from Swiss withholding tax. The dividend will be paid starting April 11, 2013.
The Ordinary General Meeting newly elected Monica Maechler to the Board of Directors and re-elected Susan Bies, Victor L.L. Chu and Rolf Watter. Armin Meyer, who has served the maximum tenure of office, retires from the Board of Directors. In its constituent meeting held after the General Meeting the Board of Directors re-elected Josef Ackermann as Chairman and Tom de Swaan as Vice-Chairman.
In the advisory vote on its remuneration system shareholders voted in favor of the remuneration system with 85.5% favorable votes.
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| Minutes of Resolutions Annual General Meeting 2013 |
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| News release of April 4, 2013 |
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| Speeches |
Josef Ackermann |
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Martin Senn |
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| News release of February 14, 2013 |
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| Letter to shareholders |
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| News release of February 13, 2013 |
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| Invitation Annual General Meeting |
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633KB/pdf |
| Articles of incorporation 2013 |
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116KB/pdf |
| Annual report 2012 |
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4.2MB/pdf |
| Annual review 2012 |
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| Biographies |
Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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Martin Senn, Chief Executive Officer |
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Pierre Wauthier, Chief Financial Officer |
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Monica Mächler, member of the Board of Directors |
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Susan Bies, member of the Board of Directors |
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Victor L.L Chu, member of the Board of Directors |
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Rolf Watter, member of the Board of Directors |
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Annual General Meeting 2012
Zurich, March 29, 2012 – The Ordinary General Meeting of Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (Zurich) today approved an unchanged dividend of CHF 17.00 per registered share, resulting in a payout ratio of net income of 75%. As this year’s dividend payment is paid from the capital contribution reserve, it will be exempt from Swiss withholding tax. The dividend will be paid starting April 5, 2012.
The General Meeting approved – following the retirement of Manfred Gentz and Vernon Sankey – the election of Mrs. Alison Carnwath and Mr. Rafael del Pino to the Board of Directors. It also approved the re-election of Josef Ackermann, Thomas Escher und Don Nicolaisen.
In its constituent meeting held after the Ordinary General Meeting the Board of Directors appointed Josef Ackermann as Chairman and Tom de Swaan as Vice Chairman of the Board.
In the advisory vote on its remuneration system shareholders voted in favor of the remuneration system with 84,8% favorable votes.
The Annual General Meeting also approved the name change from Zurich Financial Services Ltd to Zurich Insurance Group Ltd, which will become effective in early April, 2012.
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Annual General Meeting 2011
Zurich, March 31, 2011 – The Ordinary General Meeting of Zurich Financial Services Ltd (Zurich) today approved a dividend of CHF 17.00 per registered share, resulting in a payout ratio of 70%. This represents a 6% increase over last year’s gross dividend of CHF 16.00. As this year’s dividend payment is paid from the capital contribution reserve, it will be exempt from Swiss withholding tax. The dividend will be paid from April 7, 2011 on.
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Annual General Meeting 2010
March 30, 2010 – The Ordinary General Meeting of Zurich Financial Services Ltd (Zurich) today approved a gross dividend of CHF 16 per registered share representing a 66% payout of 2009 earnings to shareholders. The net dividend of CHF 10.40 per share will be paid from April 8, 2010 on.
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| Invitation to Ordinary General Meeting |
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| Letter to shareholders |
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| Financial report |
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6.5MB/pdf |
| Business review |
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| News release |
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96KB/pdf |
| Minutes of resolutions |
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130KB/pdf |
| Articles of incorporation 2010 |
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138KB/pdf |
Annual General Meeting 2009
April 2, 2009 - Zurich - The Annual General Meeting of Zurich Financial Services Ltd (Zurich) approved a gross dividend of CHF 11 per registered share representing a 47% payout of 2008 earnings to shareholders. The net dividend of CHF 7.15 per share will be paid from April 7, 2009 on to those shareholders who will hold Zurich Financial Services Ltd shares on April 6, 2009.
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| Invitation to Ordinary General Meeting |
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| Letter to Shareholders |
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0.9 MB/pdf |
| Financial Report |
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6.5MB/pdf |
| Business Review |
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7.7MB/pdf |
| News release |
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0.9 MB/pdf |
| Minutes of resolutions |
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117 KB/pdf |
| Articles of incorporation 2009 |
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113 KB / pdf |
Annual General Meeting 2008
Zurich, April 3, 2008 - The Annual General Meeting of Zurich Financial Services Ltd approved a gross dividend of CHF 15 per registered share representing a 36 percent increase over the 2007 CHF 11 total gross dividend. The net dividend of CHF 9.75 per share will be paid from April 8, 2008 on to those shareholders who will hold Zurich Financial Services Ltd shares on April 7, 2008.
The Annual General Meeting elected Susan Bies and Victor L.L. Chu new members of the Board of Directors, each for a two-year term. In addition, Messrs Manfred Gentz, Fred Kindle and Tom de Swaan were re-elected members of the Board of Directors for a three-year term each.
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| Invitation including the Agenda for the Ordinary General Meeting 2008 |
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75 KB/pdf |
| Letter to Shareholders |
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634 KB/pdf |
| Business Review |
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2.01 MB/pdf |
| Financial Report |
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1.08 MB/pdf |
| Current Articles of Incorporation |
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77 KB/pdf |
| News release |
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| Minutes of resolutions |
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Annual General Meeting 2007
Zurich, April 3, 2007 – The Annual General Meeting of Zurich Financial Services Ltd today approved a gross dividend of CHF 11 per registered share representing a 57 percent increase over the 2006 CHF 7 total gross payout to shareholders. The net dividend of CHF 7.15 per share will be paid on April 10, 2007 to those shareholders who will hold Zurich Financial Services Ltd shares on April 9, 2007.
Armin Meyer and Rolf Watter were re-elected members of the Board of Directors for a three-year term each. Furthermore, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, was re-elected statutory auditors and Group auditors for the business year 2007. The Annual General Meeting also approved all other agenda items. 1,648 shareholders (incl. proxies), representing 35,628,515 registered shares or 24.6 percent of the share capital, attended the meeting in Zurich.
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| Invitation including the agenda for the Ordinary General Meeting 2007 |
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75 KB/pdf |
| Letter to shareholders |
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634 KB/pdf |
| Corporate review 2006 |
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2.01 MB/pdf |
| Financial report 2006 |
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1.08 MB/pdf |
| News release |
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77 KB/pdf |
| Minutes of resolutions |
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110KB/pdf |
| Articles of incorporation |
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