CorporateInvestorsApril 18, 2019

Wolters Kluwer Shareholders adopt all resolutions

Shareholders of Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of professional information, software solutions, and services, approved all resolutions at today’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).

In addition to adopting the Financial Statements for 2018 as included in the Annual Report for 2018, shareholders approved a total dividend of €0.98 per ordinary share, resulting in a final dividend of €0.64 per ordinary share. Mr. Bertrand Bodson and Mr. Chris Vogelzang were appointed as new members of the Supervisory Board.

Supervisory Board composition and other AGM resolutions

Mr. Bertrand Bodson and Mr. Chris Vogelzang were appointed as members of the Supervisory Board. They will succeed Mr. Bruno Angelici and Mr. Ben Noteboom who retired after the AGM.

The composition of the Supervisory Board is in line with the preferred profile as it relates to expertise, nationality, and age. Five nationalities are represented on the Supervisory Board, with different talents and relevant areas of expertise. Three out of the seven Supervisory Board members are female, which means a female representation of 43%, which is in line with Dutch governance standards.

Other AGM resolutions voted on were also adopted, and included:

  • To authorize the Executive Board, for a period of 18 months, to acquire the company’s own paid-up ordinary shares, up to a maximum of 10% of the issued share capital on April 18, 2019;
  • To cancel for capital reduction purposes any or all ordinary shares in the share capital of the company held, or to be acquired by the company as authorized.

Shareholders represented

Wolters Kluwer shareholders were represented in person, by proxy voting, or by voting instruction, representing a total of 72.58% of the total issued share capital entitled to vote. The voting results by agenda item will be available on our website as of close of business on April 19, 2019.

2018 Annual Report

The 2018 Annual Report reflects our key achievements in 2018, and how we delivered upon our 2016-2018 strategy, Growing Our ValueIt also sets out our 2019-2021 strategy, Accelerating Our Value, designed to grow our expert solutions, advance our deep domain expertise, and drive operational agility. The 2018 Annual Report, with integrated selected sustainability information, and 2018 Sustainability Data, are available.

Financial Calendar

April 24, 2019 Ex-dividend date: 2018 final dividend
April 25, 2019 Record date: 2018 final dividend
May 8, 2019 First-Quarter 2019 Trading Update
May 16, 2019 Payment date: 2018 final dividend ordinary shares
May 23, 2019 Payment date: 2018 final dividend ADRs 
July 31, 2019 Half-Year 2019 Results
August 27, 2019 Ex-dividend date: 2019 interim dividend 
August 28, 2019  Record date: 2019 interim dividend
September 19, 2019 Payment date: 2019 interim dividend 
September 26, 2019 Payment date: 2019 interim dividend ADRs 
November 1, 2019 Nine-Month 2019 Trading Update
February 26, 2020  Full-Year 2019 Results
March 11, 2020 Publication of 2019 Annual Report

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in information, software solutions and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services.

Contacts
Paul Lyon
Paul Lyon

Senior Director, External Communications: Global Branding & Communications

Wolters Kluwer
Meg Geldens
Meg Geldens
Vice President, Investor Relations
Investor Relations
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