12.06.2018
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG DE000A0S8488
DGAP-News: Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: HHLA shareholders benefit from successful financial year
DGAP-News: Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: HHLA shareholders benefit from successful
financial year
12.06.2018 / 15:45
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Following a very successful 2017 financial year, today the Annual General
Meeting of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) resolved to increase the
dividend per listed Class A share to EUR 0.67. This is 13.6 percent more
than in the previous year. As such, EUR 46.9 million is being distributed to
the shareholders of the Port Logistics subgroup for the 2017 financial year.
The payout ratio has increased by one percentage point year-on-year to 66
percent of the profit after tax and minority interests. As in the last few
years, this ratio is at the upper end of the dividend payout range of 50 to
70 percent. The dividend proposal made by the Executive Board and the
Supervisory Board was ratified by 99.9 percent of the votes cast.
In her speech at the Annual General Meeting, Chairwoman of HHLA's Executive
Board, Angela Titzrath, explained: "HHLA rests on solid foundations.
Notwithstanding changing parameters, we therefore believe there is a good
chance that we will further strengthen the company's future viability and
creative power."
HHLA's customers can rely on their freight continuing to be handled and
shipped onward safely, quickly and efficiently in the future. "The
customers' confidence in HHLA's performance is something we have to validate
each and every day," said the Chairwoman of the Executive Board.
The focus is therefore on the customer, this being the only way for HHLA to
maintain its position in the face of tough competition among the North Range
ports and within Europe's hinterland.
HHLA was well prepared for the challenges of the future, she said. Thanks to
ongoing capital expenditure, HHLA now has state-of-the-art terminal
technology at its disposal for the handling of container ships with a
capacity of more than 20,000 standard containers, stated Titzrath.
Approximately EUR 1 billion will be invested over the next five years. But
HHLA is now a lot more than merely an operator of container terminals, she
added. "The Intermodal segment has been very successful in becoming the
second vital pillar of our business," said the Chairwoman of HHLA's
Executive Board. There is now an extensive network of 13 terminals
stretching from Hamburg to South-Eastern and Eastern Europe. "We are
therefore in an excellent position at the western point of the New Silk
Road."
Titzrath made reference to the many factors that affect HHLA's business over
which the company has no influence itself. These include the political
upheavals around the world which are now also resulting in protectionist
tendencies. The Chairwoman of the Executive Board again expressed her hope
that work would begin this year on the dredging of the river Elbe's
navigation channel.
The Annual General Meeting resolved to distribute EUR 2.00 per Class S share
for the unlisted
Real Estate subgroup, totalling EUR 5.4 million. All of the Class S shares
are held by the Free and
Hanseatic City of Hamburg. HHLA is therefore distributing a combined total
of EUR 52.3 million
to the shareholders of the two subgroups for the last financial year.
The shareholders formally approved the actions of both the HHLA Executive
Board and the Supervisory Board during the 2017 financial year with 99.3
percent and 99.2 percent of the votes cast, respectively. The Annual General
Meeting appointed Dr. Isabella Niklas, Managing Director of HGV Hamburger
Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH,
and Dr. Torsten Sevecke, State Secretary at the Ministry for Economy,
Transport and Innovation
of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as new members of the Supervisory
Board.
Approximately 670 shareholders and guests attended the Annual General
Meeting of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG on 12 June 2018 at the Hamburg
trade fair centre. As such, 81.8 percent
of the share capital was represented (previous year: 82.9 percent).
The voting results of the Annual General Meeting, the speech by the
Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Angela Titzrath, and the accompanying
presentation will be available on the HHLA website in the Investor Relations
section under "Annual General Meeting" (https://hhla.de/en/investor-
relations/agm/2018/).
Contact:
Stefanie Steiner
Head of Investor Relations
HAMBURGER HAFEN UND LOGISTIK AG
Bei St. Annen 1, D-20457 Hamburg, www.hhla.de
Tel: +49-40-3088-3397
Fax: +49-40-3088-55-3397
E-mail: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG
Bei St. Annen 1
20457 Hamburg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)40-3088-0
Fax: +49 (0)40-3088-3355
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.hhla.de
ISIN: DE000A0S8488
WKN: A0S848
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg;
Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf,
Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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