Shareholders approve a dividend of CHF 22 per share

At the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hansueli Loosli (1955), reached the maximum term of office of twelve years, as stipulated in the articles of association, and was not available for re-election. Hansueli Loosli has had a strong influence on Swisscom’s strategy and orientation as a leading ICT company – as Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2011. In future, he will focus on other business mandates. The General Meeting of Shareholders elected Michael Rechsteiner (1963) as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. He has been a member of the board since 2019. Michael Rechsteiner is currently in charge of European business in the Gas Power segment of General Electric. He completed a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at ETH Zurich and has an MBA from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) as well as many years of management experience in major international corporations. Guus Dekkers (1965) was newly elected to the Board of Directors. Guus Dekkers was born in the Netherlands. He has a high level of technological expertise and broad international management and transformation experience in private and business customer markets in various sectors.

At the General Meeting of Shareholders, the one-year term of office of all other members of the Board of Directors also came to an end. Alongside Michael Rechsteiner and Guus Dekkers, all members of the Board of Directors and members of the Remuneration Committee were re-elected by the General Meeting of Shareholders for one year. Renzo Simoni remains on the Board of Directors as the government representative appointed by the Federal Council. The General Meeting of Shareholders also approved the overall remuneration of the Board of Directors and Group Executive Board for 2022 and re-elected the independent proxy and the auditors for one year.