NZZ Board of Directors: Matthias Reinhart and Roland Siegwart replace Franz Albers and Karin Keller-Sutter
At the 148th Annual General Meeting of AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the shareholders elected Matthias Reinhart and Roland Siegwart to the Board of Directors.
The shareholders of AG für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung elected the founder and CEO of VZ Holding AG Matthias Reinhart and ETH professor Roland Siegwart as new members of the Board of Directors by a large majority at the Annual General Meeting on Saturday at the Kongresshaus Zurich. They succeed Franz Albers and Karin Keller-Sutter, who did not stand for re-election at the end of their ordinary term of office (Werbewoche.ch reported). Franz Albers has been a member of the Board since 2003 and Vice Chairman since 2007. Karin Keller-Sutter joined the Board of Directors of the NZZ Media Group in 2012. Chairman of the Board Etienne Jornod acknowledged the great contribution that both have made to the NZZ Media Group and thanked them for their extraordinary commitment.
Board member Joachim Schoss, who has been a member of the Board since 2010, stood for re-election as his term of office expired this year in accordance with the current election procedure. The Annual General Meeting elected him for a four-year term of office by a clear majority. Christoph Schmid, who has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2013, will become Vice-Chairman of the newly constituted Board.
Due to the positive business performance, the Annual General Meeting decided to propose a dividend of CHF 200 per share. In the previous year, the Annual General Meeting approved the distribution of a dividend of CHF 100 per share. The shareholders also approved all other items on the agenda in accordance with the proposals of the Board of Directors.
Record-breakingly short #NZZGV 98 minutes! pic.twitter.com/ZxTKmXFA4U
- Urs Rauber (@ZeitRauber) April 16, 2016
Jornod compares #NZZ with Hermes bag. #Dengler: more women read NZZ. Why no woman to replace Keller-Sutter on the board? #NZZGV
- Esther Girsberger (@EGirsberger) April 16, 2016
.@veitdengler: Since the relaunch, the @NZZ read almost 6 minutes longer every day than before. #NZZGV pic.twitter.com/asyqbIAid8
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung (@NZZ) April 16, 2016
