Results of the Annual General Meeting Copenhagen,

Copenhagen, 2017-03-30 17:36 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

No. 5/2017  

At the Annual General Meeting of ISS A/S (the “Company”) held today, the annual report for 2016 was adopted. In addition, the Annual General Meeting decided:

to       distribute a dividend of DKK 7.70 per share of nominally DKK 1, and to allocate the remaining net profit for the year to retained earnings;

to       grant discharge of liability to members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Group Management Board;

to       authorise the Board of Directors in the period until 30 April 2018 to approve the Company’s acquisition of treasury shares, on one or more occasions, with a total nominal value of up to 10% of the share capital of the Company, subject to the Company’s holding of treasury shares after such acquisition not exceeding 10% of the Company’s share capital;

to       approve the remuneration to the Board of Directors for 2017 in accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors;

to       re-elect Lord Allen of Kensington Kt CBE, Thomas Berglund, Claire Chiang, Henrik Poulsen, Ben Stevens and Cynthia Mary Trudell as members of the Board of Directors; and

to       re-elect Ernst & Young P/S as the Company’s auditor in accordance with the recommendation from the Audit and Risk Committee.

After the Annual General Meeting was held, the Board of Directors constituted itself by electing Lord Allen of Kensington Kt CBE as Chairman and Thomas Berglund as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors.

ISS A/S

Lord Allen of Kensington Kt CBE

Chairman

For investor enquiries Nicholas Ward, Head of Group Investor Relations, +45 3817 6251 Martin Kjær Hansen, Senior Investor Relations Manager, +45 3817 6431

For media enquiries Kenth Kærhøg, Head of Group Communications, +45 3817 6205 Lena Stennicke, Global Media Relations Manager, +45 38 17 65 03

ISS A/S, ISIN DK0060542181, ISIN US4651472056   ISS Global A/S, ISIN XS1145526585, ISIN XS1330300341, ISIN XS1145526825