ORIOR AG: Shareholders approve all proposals of the Board of Directors Montag, 26. April 2021 - 18:00

ORIOR GROUP

Zurich, 26 April 2021

ORIOR AG held its 11th Annual General Meeting as a listed company in Zurich today, without the physical presence of its shareholders in accordance with Art. 27 of the COVID-19 Ordinance 3.

A total of 4,060,915 voting rights were represented, which corresponds to 62.31 % of the share capital consisting of 6,517,499 issued shares. Representation through the independent proxy designated by the company was the only means of participation for voting shareholders.

All the proposals by the Board of Directors were approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. This means that the Annual Report, the annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for 2020 were all adopted, the dividend was endorsed, and the members of the Board of Directors, its Chairman, Rolf U. Sutter, and the members of the Compensation Committee were all re-elected. At the subsequent constitutive meeting of the Board of Directors that followed, the Board of Directors appointed Dr. iur. Markus R. Neuhaus as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors; Ms. Monika Friedli-Walser was named Chairwoman of the Compensation Committee. Ernst & Young AG, Basel, was confirmed as auditor for the 2021 financial year, and lawyer René Schwarzenbach, from Proxy Voting Services GmbH, was re-elected as independent proxy. Furthermore, an amendment to the Articles of Association to create the basis for a remuneration component aligned with the long-term development of the ORIOR Group, along with, in a non-binding advisory vote, the Compensation Report 2020 as well as all the proposals regarding the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, were approved.

Rolf U. Sutter, Chairman of the Board of Directors: "On behalf of the entire Board of Directors and the ORIOR Group management, I would like to thank all of our shareholders for the trust and loyalty they have demonstrated towards ORIOR. Unfortunately, we were once again prevented from holding an in-person Annual General Meeting, but health and safety had to come first. Thank you for your understanding. The next Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 5 April 2022. Hopefully on that occasion we will be able to see each other in person again and very much look forward to doing so. We would also like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our employees, our partners, and our consumers."

Contact

Milena Mathiuet, Head of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Phone: +41 44 308 65 13, e-mail: investors@orior.ch

Investor Calendar

17 August 2021: publication of half year results and half year report 2021

5 April 2022: Annual General Meeting of ORIOR AG

ORIOR – Excellence in Food

ORIOR is an internationally active Swiss food and beverage group. ORIOR Group represents a family of companies with a strong regional footing and popular brands and products that claim leadership positions in flourishing niche markets at home and abroad. ORIORʼs decentralised business model allows every company in the Group to maintain their specific culture and identity, tailored to their workers and customers, and to create unique product, brand and concept worlds. They are joined together by a passion for culinary delights and true craftsmanship, a spirit of innovation directed towards market trends and needs, workforce entrepreneurship and strong common values.

Our management approach combines strategic thought and action at Group level with a high degree of autonomy at each centre of competence. The ORIOR 2025 Strategy with its strategic pillars and the Group-wide key strategic initiatives – the ground-breaking "ORIOR New Normal", the intradisciplinary "ORIOR Champion Model" and the synergistic "ORIOR Bridge-building" initiative – are critical success factors that will ensure steady value creation for all stakeholders.

Motivated employees who enjoy what they do and who assume responsibility for themselves and their work are the catalyst for unlocking the extraordinary. We embrace uniqueness and premium quality in our quest to surprise and thrill our consumers time and again with delightful and delicious creations. Our vision is nothing less than
Excellence in Food.

ORIOR is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ORON, ISIN CH011 1677 362, LEI 5067 0020 I84Z A17K 9522). Further information is available at www.orior.ch.