Press Release, 26 March 2026
NOVAVEST Real Estate AG - Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2026 approves all proposals by the Board of DirectorsAt today's Annual General Meeting of NOVAVEST Real Estate AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: NREN), held in Zurich, all proposals by the Board of Directors were approved by a large majority. In total 46.2% of all voting rights were represented at the shareholders' meeting. Shareholders attending in person and third parties represented 271,451 of voting rights. 4,427,853 voting rights were represented by the independent proxy.
The Annual General Meeting 2026 approved the proposals by the Board of Directors as follows:
The management report, the annual financial statements according to Swiss GAAP FER and the annual financial statements according to the Swiss Code of Obligations for the financial year 2025 were approved.
The Compensation Report 2025 was approved in a consultative vote.
The statutory balance sheet result of CHF 24,069,347 was carried forward.
The Board of Directors and the Management team were discharged from liability for their activities in the 2025 financial year.
The previously acting members of the Board of Directors Thomas Sojak, Daniel Ménard and Floriana Scarlato as well as the newly proposed Adrian Nösberger and Salome Wieser were elected as members of the Board of Directors in individual elections for a term of office of one year.
Thomas Sojak was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors for a term of office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
Daniel Ménard and Salome Wieser were elected individually as members of the Compensation Committee for a term of office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
The law firm jermann künzli rechtsanwälte, Zurich, was re-elected as independent proxy for a term of office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG, St. Gallen, was re-elected as auditors of the company for a term of office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting.
The General Meeting approved in a binding vote the total compensation of the members of the Board of Directors for the financial year 2027 of a maximum of CHF 400,000.
The General Meeting approved in a binding vote the total compensation of the members of the Executive Board for the financial year 2027 of a maximum of CHF 900,000.
The General Meeting approved the capital reduction proposed by the Board of Directors through par value repayment of CHF 1.45 per registered share. The new par value per registered share is CHF 19.90. After the capital reduction, the share capital consists of 10,170,915 registered shares with a par value of CHF 19.90 and thus amounts to CHF 202,401,208.50. After the expiry of the legally necessary notice to creditors, the wording of Article 3 of the Articles of
Association will be amended accordingly upon completion of the par value repayment. The execution of the capital reduction is expected to take place during June 2026 with a planned payment on 12 June 2026.
The General Meeting resolved to renew the capital band as a result of the new par value of the shares as proposed by the Board of Directors and to amend the existing Article 3a of the Articles of Association of the Company accordingly.
The General Meeting further resolved partial changes to the Articles of Association in conjunction with Articles 21, 21b, 21c, 21d and 21g, as proposed by the Board of Directors. For details of these new Articles please refer to the invitation to the Annual General Meeting 2026.
Voting results and the invitation of the Annual General Meeting 2026 are available on the Company website: https://www.novavest.ch/en/investor-relations/?section=investor-relations general-meetings-of-shareholders
Contacts:Peter Mettler, CEO / Fabio Gmür, CFO NOVAVEST Real Estate AG Feldeggstrasse 26
8008 Zurich
+41 (0)44 276 40 40
info@novavest.ch https://www.novavest.ch
NOVAVEST Real Estate AG
https://www.novavest.ch
NOVAVEST Real Estate AG is a Swiss real estate company based in Zurich. It focuses its activities on the management and development of properties used exclusively for residential purposes (rental apartments) and living space for the elderly generation (senior residences, care facilities), and properties for office and commercial use as well as new building projects in all these segments. The share of rental income from residential use shall strategically account for at least 50% of total target rental income. The real estate portfolio comprises properties throughout Switzerland that are, in terms of purely residential properties, located in cities or conurbation areas and/or with good public transport links and easy access by private motor vehicles. For senior residences and care facilities, the properties can be located either in urban or in rural regions of Switzerland. The registered shares of the company are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (Ticker NREN, Valor 21218624, ISIN CH0212186248).
This media release serves information purposes only. It does not constitute a prospectus within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act (FIDLEG) or the listing rules of the SIX Swiss Exchange. It does not constitute an offer or invitation to buy or sell shares in NOVAVEST Real Estate AG or to purchase or sell other financial instruments or services. This media release may contain certain forward-looking statements, e.g. statements using words such as "believe", "assume", "expect", "plan" or similar expressions. Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may result in a substantial divergence between the actual events, financial condition, development or performance of the Company and those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Against the background of these uncertainties, readers should not rely on such forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no responsibility to update forward-looking statements or to adapt them to future events or developments. This media release and the information contained herein may not be distributed or transmitted into the United States of America (USA) or distributed or transmitted to US persons (including legal entities) or to publications with a general circulation in the USA. Shares in NOVAVEST Real Estate AG are not being offered for sale in the USA or to US persons.
NOVAVEST Real Estate AG, Feldeggstrasse 26, CH-8008 Zurich 26 March 2026