{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"7273","rtpr_id":"nBw25q2kba","ticker":"VIE","exchange":"Euronext Paris","all_tickers":["VIE"],"title":"Veolia Environnement: Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting, April 23, 2026","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-04-23T16:44:00.163Z","article_body":"Veolia Environnement: Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting, April 23, 2026\n\nRegulatory News:\n\nThe Combined General Meeting of Veolia Environnement (Paris:VIE) shareholders,\nheld today at its administrative headquarters, under the chairmanship of its\nChairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Antoine Frérot, approved all of the\nresolutions submitted to it with a quorum of 77.04%.\n\nThese resolutions relate in particular on:\n\n\n * the approval of the parent company financial statements and group consolidated\nfinancial statements for fiscal year 2025;\n\n * the setting of the dividend in cash for the fiscal year ended on December 31,\n2025 at €1.50 per share. The shares will be traded ex-dividend as of May 11,\n2026 and payable from May 13, 2026;\n\n * the renewal of the terms of office as Director of Mr. Antoine Frérot and Mrs.\nEstelle Brachlianoff for a four-year period which will expire at the end of\nthe General Shareholders’ Meeting that will be called to approve the\nfinancial statements for the year ended December 31, 2029. At the\nrecommendation of the Nominations Committee, the Board of Directors\nreappointed Mr. Antoine Frérot as Chairman of the Board of Directors, it\nbeing stipulated that in 2028 he will reach the age limit for chairing the\nBoard of Directors as defined in the Articles of Association. The Nominations\nCommittee and the Board of Directors will, in 2026 and 2027, consider the\nsuccession plan for the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Furthermore, the\nBoard of Directors confirmed Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff as Chief Executive\nOfficer;\n\n * the appointment of Mr. Jean-Christophe Taret as Director representing employee\nshareholders and Mrs. Sandra Cortese as a replacement for a four-year period\nwhich will expire at the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting that will\nbe called to approve the financial statements for the year ended December 31,\n2029;\n\n * the compensation paid during fiscal year 2025 or awarded in respect of the\nsame fiscal year to Mr. Antoine Frérot, Chairman of the Board of Directors\nand Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer;\n\n * the information relating to the 2025 compensation of the Directors (excluding\nthe Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer);\n\n * the compensation policy in respect of fiscal year 2026 of the Chairman of the\nBoard, the Chief Executive Officer and Directors;\n\n * the financial authorizations granted to the Board of Directors to increase the\nshare capital by issuing shares and/or securities, and in particular those in\nthe frame of the implementation of employee share ownership plans;\n\n * the renewal of the authorization granted to the Board of Directors to grant\nshares to corporate officers and employees of the Group and corporate officers\nof the Company. \n\nAfter this combined general meeting, the Board of Directors of Veolia\nEnvironnement is made up of fifteen Directors, including 75% independent\nDirectors (excluding the two Directors representing employees and the Director\nrepresenting employee shareholders) and 46%(1 )women, and one non voting\nmember (censeur):\n\n\n * Mr. Antoine Frérot, Chairman of the Board of Directors;\n\n * Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer;\n\n * Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar*, Senior Independent Director;\n\n * Mr. Olivier Andriès*;\n\n * Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon;\n\n * Mrs. Véronique Bédague*;\n\n * Mr. Philippe Brassac*;\n\n * Mr. Arnaud Caudoux*;\n\n * Mrs. Isabelle Courville*;\n\n * Mr. Franck Le Roux, Director representing employees;\n\n * Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre*;\n\n * Mr. Pavel Páša, Director representing employees;\n\n * Mrs. Elena Salgado*;\n\n * Mr. Jean-Christophe Taret, Director representing employee shareholders;\n\n * Mr. Guillaume Texier*;\n\n * Mr. Enric Amiguet i Rovira, non voting member (censeur).\n\n* Independent member\n\nThe Board of Directors has decided on the composition of its committees as\nfollows:\n\n\n * Accounts and Audit Committee: Mr. Guillaume Texier (Chairman), Mr. Olivier\nAndriès, Mr. Philippe Brassac, Mrs. Véronique Bédague, Mr. Arnaud Caudoux\nand Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing employees).\n\n * Nominations Committee: Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar (Chairman), Mrs. Maryse\nAulagnon, Mr. Philippe Brassac, Mrs. Isabelle Courville and Mr. Antoine\nFrérot.\n\n * Compensation Committee: Mr. Olivier Andriès (Chairman), Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon,\nMr. Pierre-André de Chalendar, Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing\nemployees) and Mrs. Elena Salgado.\n\n * Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee: Mrs. Isabelle\nCourville (Chairwoman), Mr. Arnaud Caudoux, Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Mr.\nPavel Páša (Director representing employees), Mrs. Elena Salgado, Mr.\nJean-Christophe Taret (Director representing employee shareholders) and Mr.\nGuillaume Texier. Mr. Enric Amiguet y Rovira is invited to attend all meetings\nof this committee.\n\n * Purpose of the Company Committee: Mr. Antoine Frérot (Chairman), Mr. Olivier\nAndriès, Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon, Mr. Philippe Brassac, Mr. Pierre-André de\nChalendar, Mrs. Isabelle Courville, Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing\nemployees) and Mr. Guillaume Texier. \n\nFurthermore, the Board of Directors has reaffirmed its willingness to pursue\nits policy of shareholder dialogue and engagement initiated several years ago.\n\nSee https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/finance/shareholders\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veolia.com%2Fen%2Fveolia-group%2Ffinance%2Fshareholders&esheet=54521632&newsitemid=20260423938803&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veolia.com%2Fen%2Fveolia-group%2Ffinance%2Fshareholders&index=1&md5=d0a6c2abcb62dae6a4b8c9cc6c3ddf88)\nfor the results of voting on the resolutions and a full webcast of the\nCombined Shareholders’ General Meeting.\n\n▁▁▁\n\nABOUT VEOLIA\n\nVeolia, a global leader in environmental services, works every day to build\nenvironmental security for the benefit of public health and the\ncompetitiveness of industries and regions. With 215,000 employees across five\ncontinents, working closely with local communities, and thanks to its\ncutting-edge technologies, the group cleans up pollution, reduces carbon\nemissions, and regenerates resources through concrete solutions that combine\nits expertise in water and water technologies, waste - including hazardous\nwaste management, and local energy. In 2025, the Veolia group served 110\nmillion people with drinking water and 97 million with sanitation, produced 45\nmillion megawatt hours of energy, and treated 64 million tons of waste. Veolia\nEnvironnement (Paris Euronext: VIE, Fortune 500, SBF 120) generated\nconsolidated revenue of €44.4 billion in 2025.\n\n(1 )Excluding the Directors representing employees in accordance with Articles\nL. 225-27-1 and L. 22-10-7 of the French Commercial Code.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423938803/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423938803/en/)\n\nVEOLIA \n\nMEDIA RELATIONS \n\nLaurent Obadia - Evgeniya Mazalova \n\nAnna Beaubatie - Aurélien Sarrosquy \n\nCharline Bouchereau \n\npresse.groupe@veolia.com (mailto:presse.groupe@veolia.com)\n\nINVESTORS RELATIONS \n\nSelma Bekhechi - Ariane de Lamaze \n\nTel. + 33 (0)1 85 57 84 76 / 84 80\n\ninvestor-relations@veolia.com (mailto:investor-relations@veolia.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw25q2kba","title":"Veolia Environnement: Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting, April 23, 2026","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"VIE","created":"2026-04-23T16:44:00.163Z","tickers":["VIE"],"exchange":"Euronext Paris","article_body":"Veolia Environnement: Combined Shareholders’ General Meeting, April 23, 2026\n\nRegulatory News:\n\nThe Combined General Meeting of Veolia Environnement (Paris:VIE) shareholders,\nheld today at its administrative headquarters, under the chairmanship of its\nChairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Antoine Frérot, approved all of the\nresolutions submitted to it with a quorum of 77.04%.\n\nThese resolutions relate in particular on:\n\n\n * the approval of the parent company financial statements and group consolidated\nfinancial statements for fiscal year 2025;\n\n * the setting of the dividend in cash for the fiscal year ended on December 31,\n2025 at €1.50 per share. The shares will be traded ex-dividend as of May 11,\n2026 and payable from May 13, 2026;\n\n * the renewal of the terms of office as Director of Mr. Antoine Frérot and Mrs.\nEstelle Brachlianoff for a four-year period which will expire at the end of\nthe General Shareholders’ Meeting that will be called to approve the\nfinancial statements for the year ended December 31, 2029. At the\nrecommendation of the Nominations Committee, the Board of Directors\nreappointed Mr. Antoine Frérot as Chairman of the Board of Directors, it\nbeing stipulated that in 2028 he will reach the age limit for chairing the\nBoard of Directors as defined in the Articles of Association. The Nominations\nCommittee and the Board of Directors will, in 2026 and 2027, consider the\nsuccession plan for the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Furthermore, the\nBoard of Directors confirmed Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff as Chief Executive\nOfficer;\n\n * the appointment of Mr. Jean-Christophe Taret as Director representing employee\nshareholders and Mrs. Sandra Cortese as a replacement for a four-year period\nwhich will expire at the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting that will\nbe called to approve the financial statements for the year ended December 31,\n2029;\n\n * the compensation paid during fiscal year 2025 or awarded in respect of the\nsame fiscal year to Mr. Antoine Frérot, Chairman of the Board of Directors\nand Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer;\n\n * the information relating to the 2025 compensation of the Directors (excluding\nthe Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer);\n\n * the compensation policy in respect of fiscal year 2026 of the Chairman of the\nBoard, the Chief Executive Officer and Directors;\n\n * the financial authorizations granted to the Board of Directors to increase the\nshare capital by issuing shares and/or securities, and in particular those in\nthe frame of the implementation of employee share ownership plans;\n\n * the renewal of the authorization granted to the Board of Directors to grant\nshares to corporate officers and employees of the Group and corporate officers\nof the Company. \n\nAfter this combined general meeting, the Board of Directors of Veolia\nEnvironnement is made up of fifteen Directors, including 75% independent\nDirectors (excluding the two Directors representing employees and the Director\nrepresenting employee shareholders) and 46%(1 )women, and one non voting\nmember (censeur):\n\n\n * Mr. Antoine Frérot, Chairman of the Board of Directors;\n\n * Mrs. Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer;\n\n * Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar*, Senior Independent Director;\n\n * Mr. Olivier Andriès*;\n\n * Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon;\n\n * Mrs. Véronique Bédague*;\n\n * Mr. Philippe Brassac*;\n\n * Mr. Arnaud Caudoux*;\n\n * Mrs. Isabelle Courville*;\n\n * Mr. Franck Le Roux, Director representing employees;\n\n * Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre*;\n\n * Mr. Pavel Páša, Director representing employees;\n\n * Mrs. Elena Salgado*;\n\n * Mr. Jean-Christophe Taret, Director representing employee shareholders;\n\n * Mr. Guillaume Texier*;\n\n * Mr. Enric Amiguet i Rovira, non voting member (censeur).\n\n* Independent member\n\nThe Board of Directors has decided on the composition of its committees as\nfollows:\n\n\n * Accounts and Audit Committee: Mr. Guillaume Texier (Chairman), Mr. Olivier\nAndriès, Mr. Philippe Brassac, Mrs. Véronique Bédague, Mr. Arnaud Caudoux\nand Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing employees).\n\n * Nominations Committee: Mr. Pierre-André de Chalendar (Chairman), Mrs. Maryse\nAulagnon, Mr. Philippe Brassac, Mrs. Isabelle Courville and Mr. Antoine\nFrérot.\n\n * Compensation Committee: Mr. Olivier Andriès (Chairman), Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon,\nMr. Pierre-André de Chalendar, Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing\nemployees) and Mrs. Elena Salgado.\n\n * Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee: Mrs. Isabelle\nCourville (Chairwoman), Mr. Arnaud Caudoux, Mrs. Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Mr.\nPavel Páša (Director representing employees), Mrs. Elena Salgado, Mr.\nJean-Christophe Taret (Director representing employee shareholders) and Mr.\nGuillaume Texier. Mr. Enric Amiguet y Rovira is invited to attend all meetings\nof this committee.\n\n * Purpose of the Company Committee: Mr. Antoine Frérot (Chairman), Mr. Olivier\nAndriès, Mrs. Maryse Aulagnon, Mr. Philippe Brassac, Mr. Pierre-André de\nChalendar, Mrs. Isabelle Courville, Mr. Franck Le Roux (Director representing\nemployees) and Mr. Guillaume Texier. \n\nFurthermore, the Board of Directors has reaffirmed its willingness to pursue\nits policy of shareholder dialogue and engagement initiated several years ago.\n\nSee https://www.veolia.com/en/veolia-group/finance/shareholders\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veolia.com%2Fen%2Fveolia-group%2Ffinance%2Fshareholders&esheet=54521632&newsitemid=20260423938803&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.veolia.com%2Fen%2Fveolia-group%2Ffinance%2Fshareholders&index=1&md5=d0a6c2abcb62dae6a4b8c9cc6c3ddf88)\nfor the results of voting on the resolutions and a full webcast of the\nCombined Shareholders’ General Meeting.\n\n▁▁▁\n\nABOUT VEOLIA\n\nVeolia, a global leader in environmental services, works every day to build\nenvironmental security for the benefit of public health and the\ncompetitiveness of industries and regions. With 215,000 employees across five\ncontinents, working closely with local communities, and thanks to its\ncutting-edge technologies, the group cleans up pollution, reduces carbon\nemissions, and regenerates resources through concrete solutions that combine\nits expertise in water and water technologies, waste - including hazardous\nwaste management, and local energy. In 2025, the Veolia group served 110\nmillion people with drinking water and 97 million with sanitation, produced 45\nmillion megawatt hours of energy, and treated 64 million tons of waste. Veolia\nEnvironnement (Paris Euronext: VIE, Fortune 500, SBF 120) generated\nconsolidated revenue of €44.4 billion in 2025.\n\n(1 )Excluding the Directors representing employees in accordance with Articles\nL. 225-27-1 and L. 22-10-7 of the French Commercial Code.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423938803/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423938803/en/)\n\nVEOLIA \n\nMEDIA RELATIONS \n\nLaurent Obadia - Evgeniya Mazalova \n\nAnna Beaubatie - Aurélien Sarrosquy \n\nCharline Bouchereau \n\npresse.groupe@veolia.com (mailto:presse.groupe@veolia.com)\n\nINVESTORS RELATIONS \n\nSelma Bekhechi - Ariane de Lamaze \n\nTel. + 33 (0)1 85 57 84 76 / 84 80\n\ninvestor-relations@veolia.com (mailto:investor-relations@veolia.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-04-23T16:44:00.237619741Z","server_sent_at_ms":1776962640237},"received_at":"2026-04-23T16:44:00.290Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260423938803/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"5455","press_release_id":"7273","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Commercial & Professional Services","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"dividend","narrative":"Veolia shareholders approved a cash dividend of €1.50 per share for fiscal 2025, with shares trading ex-dividend on May 11 and payment scheduled for May 13.\n\nThe meeting confirmed the reappointment of Chairman Antoine Frérot and CEO Estelle Brachlianoff, maintaining leadership continuity while updating board composition to 15 directors with 75% independence.\n\nFull-year 2025 consolidated revenue reached €44.4 billion, reflecting the company's scale in providing water, waste, and energy services to 110 million people.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"AGM confirms €1.50 dividend and reappoints executive leadership."},"keyFigures":{"revenue":"€44.4 billion","customDimensions":{"quorum_pct":77.04,"board_women_pct":"46%","ex_dividend_date":"May 11, 2026","board_independent_pct":"75%","dividend_payable_date":"May 13, 2026","dividend_per_share_eur":1.5}},"quotedText":"the setting of the dividend in cash for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2025 at €1.50 per share.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Antoine Frérot","role":"Chairman of the Board of Directors"},{"name":"Estelle Brachlianoff","role":"Chief Executive Officer"},{"name":"Jean-Christophe Taret","role":"Director representing employee shareholders"},{"name":"Sandra Cortese","role":"Director"},{"name":"Pierre-André de Chalendar","role":"Senior Independent Director"},{"name":"Olivier Andriès","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Maryse Aulagnon","role":"Director"},{"name":"Véronique Bédague","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Philippe Brassac","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Arnaud Caudoux","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Isabelle Courville","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Franck Le Roux","role":"Director representing employees"},{"name":"Julia Marton-Lefèvre","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Pavel Páša","role":"Director representing employees"},{"name":"Elena Salgado","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Guillaume Texier","role":"Independent Director"},{"name":"Enric Amiguet i Rovira","role":"non voting member (censeur)"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"Veolia Environnement","ticker":"VIE"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"€1.50","context":"dividend per share for fiscal year 2025"},{"amount":"€44.4 billion","context":"consolidated revenue in 2025"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Routine AGM recap confirming expected dividend and director reappointments. 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