3. Januar 2020

SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH meldet Rücknahme des Vorstosses von Liwet Holding AG zur Einberufung einer ausserordentlichen Generalversammlung

 

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Luzern, 3. Januar 2020 – SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH, ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen für Speziallangstahl, informiert darüber, dass sein Grossaktionär Liwet Holding AG („Liwet“) die verlangte Einberufung einer ausserordentlichen Generalversammlung zur Neubesetzung des Verwaltungsrats zurückgenommen hat.

 

Im Zuge der damals geplanten Kapitalerhöhung hat Liwet am 29. Oktober 2019 die Einberufung einer ausserordentlichen Generalversammlung verlangt. Im Nachgang zum an der ausserordentlichen Generalversammlung vom 2. Dezember 2019 erzielten Kompromiss zwischen den Grossaktionären BigPoint Holding AG und Liwet, hat Liwet dem Verwaltungsrat nun den Verzicht auf die Einberufung der ausserordentlichen GV mitgeteilt..

 

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