NORMA Group Annual General Meeting: EUR 0.40 dividend, Erek Speckert new Supervisory Board member
Frankfurt/Main, Germany, May 13, 2025
NORMA Group (ISIN DE000A1H8BV3, „NORMA Group“) held its Annual General Meeting in Frankfurt/Main today. Shareholders voted 99.9 percent in favor of the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board to pay a dividend of EUR 0.40 per share for the 2024 financial year. This corresponds to a distribution volume of around EUR 12.7 million.
In his speech to the shareholders, CEO Mark Wilhelms explained the key events of the 2024 financial year. Commenting on the company’s further strategic direction, he said: “We will continue to focus on our core business of joining technology in 2025. With the planned sale of the Water Management business unit, we are opening up room to maneuver for expanding our industry applications business. We are positioning ourselves for the future and for sustainable profitable growth.”
Erek Speckert and Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs elected as members of the Supervisory Board
The Annual General Meeting elected Dr. Erek Speckert and Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs as members of the Supervisory Board by a large majority. Dr. Erek Speckert is CEO of the automotive and industrial supplier KERN LIEBERS GmbH & Co. KG. The company, based in Schramberg near Villingen-Schwenningen in Germany, manufactures springs, stamped parts and other metal components. Previously, he held various management positions at Freudenberg SE in Weinheim, Germany.
Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs had already been appointed to the Supervisory Board of NORMA Group SE by the court in September 2024 and has now been confirmed by the election. Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs was most recently CFO of Gesco SE, a listed industrial holding of medium-sized technology companies. Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs is currently Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of NORMA Group and will hold this position on an interim basis until interim CEO Mark Wilhelms returns to the Supervisory Board.
Approval of all agenda items
The shareholders approved all agenda items by a wide majority. A total of around 71.2 percent of the share capital of NORMA Group SE was represented at the Annual General Meeting, including votes submitted by mail. The voting results for the individual agenda items and the full speech by CEO Mark Wilhelms (in German) are available here. The CVs of the Supervisory Board members can be found here.
