SFS Annual General Meeting Approves All Proposals
Media release – April 22, 2026
SFS Group shareholders have approved all proposals of the Board of Directors at the 2026 Annual General Meeting. The proposed dividend of CHF 2.50 per share was among the items approved by eligible voters.
SFS’s 33st Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at Sportzentrum Aegeten in Widnau (Switzerland) on April 22, 2026. In total, 32,869,291 shares with voting rights were represented, which corresponds to 84.5% of the share capital. Of these, 711 shareholders were physically in attendance.
Thomas Oetterli, Chairman of the Board of Directors, conducted the Annual General Meeting. Jens Breu, CEO, recounted the past financial year and offered insights into SFS’s applications and end markets. In keeping with SFS tradition, more than 100 apprentices played an active role in the Annual General Meeting and helped ensure that everything ran smoothly.
Dividend of CHF 2.50 per Share Adopted
The Board of Directors proposed the distribution of a dividend in the amount of CHF 2.50 per registered share (PY CHF 2.50), CHF 0.50 of which will be paid out from the statutory capital reserve. CHF 2.00 will be distributed from retained earnings. The shareholders approved the proposal with 99.92% of votes cast. It will be paid out on April 30, 2026.
Members of the Board of Directors Re-elected
The Annual General Meeting has re-elected all members of the Board of Directors. Thomas Oetterli as Chair of the Board of Directors, Urs Kaufmann as Chair of the Nomination and Compensation Committee, and both Nick Huber and Tanja Birner as members of the Nomination and Compensation Committee have likewise been confirmed.
Compensation for Board of Directors and Executive Board Approved
Shareholders approved the Management Report, the consolidated financial statements, the annual financial statements, and the Sustainability Report 2025. The Annual General Meeting endorsed the Compensation Report 2025 in a non-binding advisory vote. The proposed compensation for the members of the Board of Directors and the Group Executive Board was approved and all members were granted discharge from liability.
Voters likewise approved the nominations for re-election of the independent proxy, bürki bolt rechtsanwälte in Heerbrugg (Switzerland), and of the external auditor, PricewaterhouseCoopers AG in St. Gallen (Switzerland).
The next Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2027, again at Sportzentrum Aegeten.
