In today’s General Meeting, the shareholders of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG set the course for a continued successful development of the Group and opted for a high degree of continuity in the composition of the corporate bodies. In accordance with the proposal made by the Supervisory Board, Mr. Eugen Münch, Prof. Dr. h.c. Ludwig Georg Braun, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ehninger, Mr. Stephan Holzinger, Dr. Brigitte Mohn, Mr. Wolfgang Mündel, Ms. Christine Reißner and Dr. Katrin Vernau were elected as members of the Supervisory Board by a clear majority. The election of the employee representatives in the Supervisory Board had already been completed on 2 June 2015.
In the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board held immediately after the General Meeting, Mr. Eugen Münch was re-elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Mr. Georg Schulze-Ziehaus was elected as first deputy chairman and Mr. Wolfgang Mündel was elected as second deputy chairman.
The new Supervisory Board of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG consists of the following sixteen members:
- Mr. Eugen Münch, Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG
- Mr. Peter Berghöfer, Münchhausen, Head of Finance
- Ms. Bettina Böttcher, Marburg, Typesetter
- Mr. Björn Borgmann, Marburg, Public Health Nurse and Nurse
- Prof. Dr. h.c. Ludwig Georg Braun, Melsungen, former Chairman of B. Braun Melsungen AG, Managing Director of B. Braun Holding GmbH & Co. KG
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Ehninger, Dresden, Physician and Hospital Director
- Mr. Stefan Härtel, Müllrose, Nurse
- Mr. Klaus Hanschur, Marburg, Masseur, Hydro Therapist
- Mr. Stephan Holzinger, München, Managing Partner of Holzinger Associates GmbH, Lenggries
- Ms. Meike Jäger, Berlin, Trade Union Secretary ver.di
- Dr. Brigitte Mohn, Gütersloh, Member of the Board of Management of Bertelsmann Stiftung
- Mr. Wolfgang Mündel, Kehl, Wirtschaftsprüfer (German public auditor) and Tax Consultant in own practice
- Ms. Christine Reißner, Sülzfeld, former Managing Director of HELIOS Klinikum Meiningen GmbH
- Ms. Evelin Schiebel, Görsbach, Nurse
- Mr. Georg Schulze-Ziehaus, Frankfurt am Main, Trade Union Secretary ver.di
- Dr. Katrin Vernau, Hamburg, Executive Director of WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln
In addition, the General Meeting consented to all further resolutions proposed by the Management Board and the Supervisory Board by a clear majority. In particular, it was resolved to appropriate an amount of EUR 58,766,288.00 for distribution of a dividend of EUR 0.80 per non-par share with dividend entitlement (after EUR 0.25 in the previous year) and to carry forward the remaining amount of EUR 271,851,429.52 to new account. The dividend will presumably be paid out on June 11th 2015. Furthermore, the General Meeting approved of the actions of the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board in the financial year 2014 by a clear majority.