Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
EANS-General Meeting: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
Resolutions of
the General Meeting
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General meeting information transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer is responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG: Annual General Meeting adopts resolution to increase dividend to EUR 1.20 per share - share buyback programme renewed Ternitz/Vienna, 25 April 2012. The Annual General Meeting of Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO), listed on the ATX segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange, resolved to increase the dividend for fiscal 2011 from EUR 1.00 last year to EUR 1.20. The ex-dividend and dividend payment date was set at 9 May 2012. Furthermore, the Executive Board was authorised, for a maximum period of 30 months following the date of the resolution, to acquire own shares of the company and to withdraw acquired own shares, or to re-sell them and determine the terms of sale without any further resolution by the Annual General Meeting. The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board were granted discharge for fiscal 2011 by the Annual General Meeting. All mandates of the members of the Supervisory Board came to their end at the conclusion of this year's Annual General Meeting. At the elections to the Supervisory Board the mandates of Mag. Norbert Zimmermann, Dr. Peter Pichler, Dr. Karl Schleinzer, Mag. DI Helmut Langanger and Karl Samstag were renewed for another period. The Annual General Meeting also adopted amendments to the Articles of Association, in particular for adjusting them to changed legal provisions. For the current fiscal year, SST Schwarz & Schmid Wirtschaftsprüfungsges.m.b.H. Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft was appointed auditor of the annual financial statements of the company, and Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft m.b.H. was appointed auditor of the consolidated financial statements. Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG is the global market leader in high-precision components for the oilfield service industry. The business focus is on non-magnetic drillstring components for directional drilling. Worldwide, SBO has employed a workforce of 1459 as at 31 December 2011 (31 December 2010: 1275), thereof 412 in Ternitz/Austria and 635 in North America (including Mexico). SBO financial calendar 2012 9 May 2012 Ex-dividend day, dividend payment date 23 May 2012 Result Q1 / 2012 23 August 2012* Result H1 / 2012 21 November 2012 Result Q3 / 2012 * Publication of first-half results for 2012 was postponed to 23 August 2012. Further inquiry note: MMag Florian Schütz, Head of Investor Relations Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG A-2630 Ternitz/Austria, Hauptstrasse 2 Tel.: +43 2630 315-251 Fax: +43 2630 315-501 E-Mail: f.schuetz@sbo.co.at end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG Hauptstrasse 2 A-2630 Ternitz phone: 02630/315110 FAX: 02630/315101 mail: sboe@sbo.co.at WWW: http://www.sbo.at sector: Oil & Gas - Upstream activities ISIN: AT0000946652 indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX stockmarkets: official market: Wien language: English
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