Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting
Annual General Meeting 2024
The Annual General Meeting 2024 of Barry Callebaut AG, was held today by electronic means in accordance with Art. 14 para. 2 of the Articles of Incorporation and without a physical venue (virtual meeting), under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Markus R. Neuhaus, Vice-Chairman of the Board.
182 shareholders and shareholder representatives attended the meeting and 6,479 shareholders were represented by the independent proxy, in total representing 4,181,987 shares and equaling 76.19% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2023
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2023 of Barry Callebaut AG was held in Zurich Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Markus R. Neuhaus, Vice-Chairman of the Board. 1,015 shareholders and shareholder representatives attended the meeting live in Zurich and 5,203 shareholders were represented by the independent proxy, in total representing 3,995,825 shares and equaling 72.80% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2022
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2022 of Barry Callebaut AG, was held in Zurich Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Markus R. Neuhaus, Vice-Chairman of the Board. 804 shareholders attended the meeting live in Zurich and 5,841 shareholders were represented by the independent proxy, representing 4,121,340 shares and equaling 75.1% of the issued share capital. As part of our updated AGM set-up this year, we committed to plant a tree for each shareholder exercising his or her voting rights, resulting in the plantation of over 6,600 trees in Cote d'Ivoire.
Annual General Meeting 2021
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2021 of Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, was held under the chairmanship of Markus R. Neuhaus, Vice-Chairman of the Board. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual General Meeting could not take place in the usual format. To protect the health of its shareholders and employees, Barry Callebaut decided that voting rights could only be exercised by submitting the voting instructions in writing or electronically to the independent proxy. 5,177 shareholders exercised their votes, representing 4,050,747 shares and equaling 73.8% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2020
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2020 of Barry Callebaut AG was held on December 9, 2020 under the chairmanship of Markus R. Neuhaus, Vice-Chairman of the Board. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Annual General Meeting could not take place in the usual format. To protect the health of its shareholders and employees, Barry Callebaut decided that voting rights could only be exercised by submitting the voting instructions in writing or electronically to the independent proxy. 4,690 shareholders exercised their votes, representing 4,352,217 shares and equaling 79.3% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2019
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2019 of Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, was held on December 11, 2019 in Zurich-Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Jakob Baer, Vice-Chairman of the Board. 1,190 shareholders attended the meeting, representing 4,291,910 shares and equaling 78.19% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2018
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2018 of Barry Callebaut AG was held on December 12, 2018 in Zurich-Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Jakob Baer, Vice-Chairman of the Board. 1,148 shareholders attended the meeting, representing 4,492,982 shares and equaling 81.86% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2017
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2017 of Barry Callebaut AG was held on December 13, 2017 in Zurich-Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Patrick De Maeseneire, Chairman of the Board, and Jakob Baer, Vice-Chairman of the Board. 1,174 shareholders attended the meeting, representing 4,575,977 shares and equaling 83.37% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2016
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2016 of Barry Callebaut AG was held on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, in Zurich-Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Andreas Jacobs, Chairman of the Board of Directors. 1,159 shareholders attended the meeting, together representing 4,597,388 shares equaling 83.76% of the issued share capital.
Annual General Meeting 2015
The ordinary Annual General Meeting 2015 of Barry Callebaut AG was held on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, in Zurich-Oerlikon under the chairmanship of Andreas Jacobs, Chairman of the Board of Directors. 1,280 shareholders attended the meeting, together representing 4,605,741 shares equaling 83.91% of the issued share capital.
