The Annual General Meeting of Kudelski SA (SIX:KUD.S) held today at the company’s headquarters in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne approved all proposals of the Board of Directors by a strong majority. Of the 97,809,214 total shares, 38 shareholders or their proxies attended in person, representing 63,952,062 shares.
Shareholders ratified the 2025 annual report, Kudelski SA’s financial statements, the Group’s consolidated accounts and profit allocation, and the 2025 report on non-financial matters. They also endorsed the compensation report for the Board of Directors and the Executive Board, and granted discharge to both bodies for the fiscal year 2025.
The re-election of all proposed board members was confirmed for a one-year term: Mrs. Marguerite Kudelski and Messrs. Laurent Dassault, Michael Hengartner, Andre Kudelski, Pierre Lescure, Alec Ross and Claude Smadja. Mr. Andre Kudelski was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company thanked Mr. Patrick Foetisch, who retired from the board after 35 years of service, for his outstanding contributions.
Newly elected to the board for a one-year term is Ms. Hélène Béguin, a former partner at KPMG from 2004 to 2025 and chairwoman of KPMG Suisse from 2014 to 2024. She holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from HEC Lausanne and is a certified public accountant. Her election is effective immediately.
Shareholders also elected Messrs. Michael Hengartner, Pierre Lescure, Alec Ross and Claude Smadja as members of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee for a one-year period. PricewaterhouseCoopers SA in Lausanne (Pully) was re-elected as the Group’s audit firm, and Ofisa Berney Associés SA, in Lausanne, was elected as independent representative, both for one-year terms.
More details are available in the 2025 Annual Report. The Kudelski Group is a world leader in digital security technologies for media, cybersecurity and IoT, headquartered in Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland and Phoenix, Arizona, with operations in over 20 countries. For more information, visit www.nagra.com.
