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LifeWatch AG: LifeWatch publishes results of Annual General Meeting Mittwoch, 26. April 2017 - 15:34
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LifeWatch AG: LifeWatch publishes results of Annual General Meeting
26-Apr-2017 / 14:34 CET/CEST
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR
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LifeWatch publishes results of Annual General Meeting
Zug/Switzerland, April 26, 2017 - LifeWatch AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE), a
leading developer and provider of medical solutions and remote diagnostic
monitoring services in the digital health market, publishes the results of
today's Annual General Meeting. Fifty-one shareholders attended the meeting
in Zurich and approximately 11,262,000 votes or 60.95% of the share capital
were represented. The outcome of the motions are summarized below:
* Approval of the Annual Report 2016 and the allocation of the balance
sheet result 2016.
* Discharge for fiscal year 2016 was granted to Dr. Robert Bider, Antoine
Kohler, Raymond W. Cohen, Jinsheng Dong, Antoine Hubert, Thomas Rühle,
Patrick Schildknecht, Dr. Stephan Rietiker, Dr. Christoph Heinzen,
Stephanie Kravetz, Andrew Moore, Michael Turchi and Stefan Vogt.
* Elections to the Board of Directors until the next Ordinary Annual
General Meeting 2018
* Dr. Robert Bider, Raymond W. Cohen, Thomas Rühle and Patrick
Schildknecht were re-elected.
* As recommended by Erhard Lee, representative of AMG Analysen & Anlagen,
Markus Breitenmoser was newly elected as a member of the Board.
* Xu Shenlu, recommended by Jinsheng Dong, representative of Himalaya TMT
Funds, was not elected as a new member of the Board.
* Dr. Robert Bider was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
* Elected as members of the Compensation Committee: Thomas Rühle and
Raymond W. Cohen.
* The Annual General Meeting did not approve the proposed amendments to
the Articles of Incorporation on the introduction of Article 3bis
(conditional capital).
* The Annual General Meeting approved the total compensation to be paid to
the Board of Directors for the financial year 2018 in the maximum amount
of CHF 700,000.
* The Annual General Meeting did not approve the proposed fixed
compensation for the Executive Management Team for the financial year
2018 in the maximum amount of CHF 2,100,000. In a second vote, the
Annual General Meeting did approve the proposed fixed compensation for
the Executive Management Team for the financial year 2018 in the maximum
amount of CHF 1,900,000.
* The Annual General Meeting approved the proposed variable compensation
for the Executive Management Team for the financial year 2016 of the
maximum amount of CHF 0.
* Re-election of the independent proxy: Yves Endrass, Zurich
* Re-election of the statutory auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Zurich
For further questions:
LifeWatch AG, Andrew Moore, CFO
c/o Communicators AG , Ralph Spillmann
Mobile: +41 79 514 64 84
E-Mail: investor-relations@lifewatch.com
About LifeWatch AG
LifeWatch AG, headquartered in Zug and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (LIFE),
Switzerland, is a leading healthcare technology and solution company,
specializing in advanced digital health systems and wireless remote
diagnostic patient monitoring services. LifeWatch's services provide
physicians with critical information to determine appropriate treatment and
thereby improve patient outcomes. LifeWatch AG has operative subsidiaries in
the United States, in Switzerland, Israel and Turkey, and is the parent
company of LifeWatch Services Inc., LifeWatch Technologies, Ltd. and
LifeWatch Turkey Holding AG (joint venture). LifeWatch Services, Inc. is a
leading U.S.-based provider of cardiac monitoring services. LifeWatch
Technologies Ltd., based in Israel, is a leading manufacturer of digital
health products. LifeWatch Sağlık Hizmetlerine A.S. is the operative Turkish
subsidiary of LifeWatch Turkey Holding AG and provider of mobile cardiac
telemetry services in Turkey. For additional information, please visit
www.lifewatch.com.
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