LUXEMBOURG / ACCESSWIRE / May 3, 2022 / Ternium S.A. (NYSE:TX) announced that its annual general meeting of shareholders held on May 3, 2022, approved all resolutions on its agenda.
Among other resolutions adopted, the shareholders approved the consolidated financial statements and unconsolidated annual accounts for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the proposed annual dividend of $0.26 per share ($2.60 per ADS). The annual dividend include the interim dividend of $0.08 per share ($0.80 per ADS) paid in November 2021. A net dividend of $0.18 per share ($1.80 per ADS) will be paid on May 11, 2022, to all shareholders of record as of May 6, 2022.
The annual general meeting resolved to increase the number of directors to nine, approved the re-election of the eight current members of the board of directors, Mr. Roberto Bonatti, Mr. Carlos Alberto Condorelli, Mr. Vincent Robert Gilles Decalf, Ms. Gioia Ghezzi, Mr. Adrian Lajous Vargas, Mr. Daniel Agustín Novegil, Mr. Gianfelice Mario Rocca and Mr. Paolo Rocca, and appointed Ms. Lorenza Martinez Trigueros as new board member. All board members will hold office until the meeting that will be convened to decide on the 2022 accounts. The meeting also re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers, Societé coopérative, Cabinet de révision agréé, as Ternium's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.
The board of directors subsequently re-appointed Mr. Paolo Rocca as its chairman, Mr. Daniel Agustín Novegil as vice-chairman and Mr. Máximo Vedoya as Ternium's chief executive officer. The board of directors also confirmed and re-appointed Mr. Vincent Robert Gilles Decalf, Mr. Adrián Lajous Vargas and Ms. Gioia Ghezzi as members of Ternium's audit committee, with Mr. Decalf to continue to chair the committee. All three members of the audit committee qualify as independent directors under the Company's articles of association.
For a summary of the resolutions adopted at the meetings, please see the report on Form 6-K submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, available at www.sec.gov.
Forward Looking Statements
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About Ternium
Ternium is Latin America's leading flat steel producer, with operating facilities in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, the southern United States and Central America. The company offers a broad range of high value-added steel products for customers active in the automotive, home appliances, HVAC, construction, capital goods, container, food and energy industries through its manufacturing facilities, service center and distribution networks, and advanced customer integration systems. More information about Ternium is available at www.ternium.com.
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SOURCE: Ternium S.A.