The annual general meeting of shareholders of Bossard Holding AG approved all motions of the board of directors with a large majority. David Dean was elected as new chair of the board of directors. Dr. Thomas Schmuckli was bid farewell at the annual general meeting of shareholders by vice-chair Patricia Heidtman and CEO Daniel Bossard and his outstanding contributions to the Bossard Group were duly honored.

David Dean, who was newly elected as chair of the board of directors at the annual general meeting of shareholders, has been a member of the board of directors of Bossard Holding AG since 2019. Thanks to his many years of diverse responsibilities on the board of directors and previously in the executive committee, he is very familiar with the strategic direction, business model, and corporate culture of the Bossard Group. This makes him ideally positioned to support the further sustainable development of the company in his new role.

In addition, the annual general meeting of shareholders approved the dividend proposal of the board of directors. Accordingly, a gross dividend of CHF 3.90 will be paid out of the net income for the listed registered A shares and CHF 0.78 for the registered B shares. 

In a non-binding consultative vote, the shareholders approved the 2024 compensation report as well as the non-financial report for the 2024 financial year.

The annual general meeting of shareholders also approved PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, Zurich, as auditors for the 2025 financial year.

A total of 407 shareholders attended the annual general meeting of shareholders: they represented 10,676,824 of a total of 13,400,000 possible votes.