The Annual General Meeting of Hannover Rück SE was held on 6 May 2015 in Hannover. Altogether, including postal ballots around 73% of the share capital was represented.

In his address to shareholders Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Wallin took the opportunity to look back once more on the record year of 2014, in which Hannover Re had again surpassed the previous year’s result with an after-tax profit of EUR 985.6 million. The two business groups of Property & Casualty and Life & Health reinsurance as well as the investment income all contributed to this successful performance. In light of this good result and the company’s very healthy capitalisation, the shareholders accepted the proposal of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board that a gross dividend of EUR 4.25 per share should be paid. The payout took the form of a dividend of EUR 3.00 per share and a special dividend of EUR 1.25 per share, with the special dividend to be considered a capital management measure. This proposal, together with all other proposed resolutions put to the vote, was approved by the Annual General Meeting by a large majority.

All voting results and the attendance were published on the company’s website following the Annual General Meeting. The next Annual General Meeting will be held on 10 May 2016 in Hannover.