De Maeseneire elected new Chairman at Barry Callebaut

At the ordinary Annual General Meeting 2016 of Barry Callebaut AG under the chairmanship of Andreas Jacobs (Chairman of the Board of Directors) attended 1,159 shareholders, representing 4,597,388 shares and equaling 83.76% of the issued share capital. The Board of Directors honoured the legacy of Andreas Jacobs, who had decided to step down after 13 years on the Board, of which 11 years as Chairman, and thanked him warmly for his long and successful tenure.

All other Board members, namely Patrick De Maeseneire, Fernando Aguirre, Jakob Baer, James L. Donald, Nicolas Jacobs, Wai Ling Liu, Timothy E. Minges, Andreas Schmid and Juergen B. St einemann were reelected for another term of office of one year. The shareholders also approved the proposed payout of CHF 15.50 per share.