Hapag-Lloyd Annual General Meeting approves all proposed resolutions
1.Resolution to pay dividend of EUR 8.20 per share approved.
2.Actions of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board formally approved for the 2024 financial year
3.Dr. Isabella Niklas re-elected to the Supervisory Board.
HAMBURG : Hapag-Lloyd AG shareholders approved with the required majority all items on the agenda put to the vote at the Annual General Meeting. This included the appropriation of the net profit and thereby the payment of a dividend of EUR 8.20 per share.
“Despite the challenging market environment, we can look back on a very successful 2024. Thanks to the strong demand for container transports and higher spot freight rates, we achieved the third-best operating result in our company’s history. For this reason, our shareholders can once again look forward to receiving a dividend. In addition, we have made good progress with our Strategy 2030: We have further expanded our terminal business under the Hanseatic Global Terminals brand, developed our new Gemini network, and launched the largest newbuild program in the history of our company,” said Rolf Habben Jansen, CEO of Hapag-Lloyd AG.
The shareholders also approved the proposal of the Supervisory Board to re-elect Dr. Isabella Niklas to the Supervisory Board as a shareholder representative. She is managing director of the HGV (Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH), the asset management and holding company of the City of Hamburg, and has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG since June 2020.
“I am very pleased to have the trust of our shareholders and with the re-election of Dr. Isabella Niklas as shareholder representative to the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG. Her extensive knowledge of our company and the continuity in the composition of the Supervisory Board will enable us to seamlessly maintain the trusting and constructive cooperation of recent years,” said Michael Behrendt, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG.
About Hapag-Lloyd
With a fleet of 299 modern container ships and a total transport capacity of 2.3 million TEU, Hapag-Lloyd is one of the world’s leading liner shipping companies. In the Liner Shipping segment, the Company has around 14,000 employees and 397 offices in 139 countries. Hapag-Lloyd has a container capacity of 3.7 million TEU – including one of the largest and most modern fleets of reefer containers. A total of 113 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. In the Terminal & Infrastructure segment, Hapag-Lloyd has equity stakes in 21 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India and North Africa. 2,900 employees are assigned to the Terminal & Infrastructure segment and provide complementary logistics services at selected locations in addition to the terminal activities.