PostNL publishes agenda for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2022
8 March 2022 – The Hague – The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of PostNL N.V. will be held on Tuesday 19 April 2022. Due to Covid-19 the meeting will be held in hybrid form. Agenda items are, among others, a number of proposed appointments, the discussion of the annual report, the approval of the financial statements and the proposed dividend of €0.42 over the financial year 2021.
Agenda
The agenda and other relevant information can be found on our website: https://www.postnl.nl/en/about-postnl/investors/shares/shareholders-meeting/. To safeguard the safety of employees and shareholders, PostNL has implemented several measures for shareholders who wish to physically attend the meeting. Further information can be found in the explanatory notes to the agenda.Dividend
If the above dividend proposal is adopted, the shares will be traded ex-dividend as of 21 April 2022. The record date will be 22 April 2022. Shareholders will be given the opportunity to make their choice between cash and shares from 25 April 2022 up to and including 10 May 2022, 3:00 pm CET. If no choice is made during this election period, the dividend will be paid in cash. The shares to be issued as stock dividend are paid out of additional paid in capital as part of the distributable reserves, free of withholding tax in the Netherlands. The number of share dividend rights entitled to one new common share will be determined based on the volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of all traded PostNL ordinary shares at Euronext Amsterdam on 6, 9 and 10 May 2022. The value of the stock dividend, based on this VWAP, will, subject to rounding, be targeted at but not be lower than the cash dividend. There will be no trading in stock dividend rights. The dividend will be payable as of 12 May 2022.About PostNL
We are PostNL, here for everyone, bringing it all together for 225 years. With an extensive network of nearly 5,800 PostNL points, 11,000 letterboxes, and over 900 automated, also open to various carriers, along with millions of users of the PostNL app, we're always close by. We aim to be everyone's favourite deliverer by making it as easy as possible to send and receive parcels and mail. With nearly 34,000 colleagues working with us, we are part of society. We offer a range of services, including mail and parcel delivery, logistic e-commerce solutions, and cross-border solutions. On an average weekday in the Benelux, we deliver 1.1 million parcels and 6.9 million letters. We are commitment to customer satisfaction, providing opportunities for our employees, and generating value for our stakeholders through growth, digitalisation, and sustainability.
We optimise and support our physical networks through the use of smart digital solutions and introduce new propositions that add value for our customers. And aim for sustainable employment relationships by being a good employer to all people working with and for us. We focus on sustainability, making many journeys on foot and by bicycle, increasingly using cleaner fuels and electric vehicles, and offering innovative city logistics. PostNL N.V. is a publicly traded company with a turnover of €3.2 billion in 2023, 62% of which e-commerce related.