Furthermore, the shareholders approved the 2025 annual reports of the VP Bank Group and VP Bank AG and discharged the members of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board and the auditors. 374 shareholders attended the Annual General Meeting.
The Annual General Meeting approved the Board of Directors' proposed appropriation of profits and resolved to pay a dividend of CHF 4.00 per registered share A and CHF 0.40 per registered share B. The dividend will be paid on 30 April 2026. The dividend payout ratio stands at 53.0 per cent of the Group's net profit, which is within the long-term target range of 40 to 60 per cent defined by the Board of Directors. The dividend yield, based on the year-end closing price, is 4.7 per cent.
Following the amendment to the Articles of Association at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, the term of office for members of the Board of Directors is one year. Accordingly, the terms of office of all Board members expired at the Annual General Meeting on 24 April 2026. All members of the Board of Directors stood for re-election for a further year and were confirmed.
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG was also re-elected as Group auditor and statutory auditor for a further one-year term.
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