At yesterday’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) a number of changes were approved with regard to the composition of the Supervisory Board. Furthermore, the meeting adopted the dividend proposal of € 1.24 per share.
Mr. C. van Woudenberg was reappointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of Boskalis for a period of four years.
Mr. M. van der Vorm was not available for reappointment as a member of the Supervisory Board. The General Meeting of Shareholders voted to fill this vacancy on the Board with the appointment of Mr. J. van Wiechen.
Mr. Van Wiechen (1972, Dutch nationality) holds the position of director at HAL Investments B.V. Mr. Van Wiechen is also a non-executive board member of Dockwise Ltd, chairman of the supervisory board of N.V. Nationale Borgmaatschappij and a supervisory board member of Mercurius B.V., FD Mediagroep B.V. and InVesting B.V. Mr. Van Wiechen was appointed as a member of the Boskalis Supervisory Board for a period of four years.
The General Meeting of Shareholders was informed that Mr. H.J. Hazewinkel will assume the role of acting chairman of the Supervisory Board following the recent unexpected passing away of Mr. H. Heemskerk. During the meeting it was also announced that Mr. J.M. Hessels has agreed to stand as a candidate for the position of chairman of the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board will propose the appointment of Mr. Hessels at the next (extraordinary) shareholders’ meeting.
Furthermore, Mr. T.L. Baartmans was reappointed as a member of the Board of Management of Boskalis for a period of four years.