SES
Shareholders
Approve
Year
2009
Accounts
and
Dividend
of
EUR
0.73
Per
Share
at
Annual
General
Meeting
1
April
2010
At
their
Annual
General
Meeting
(AGM)
shareholders
of
SES
S.A.
approved
all
resolutions
put
to
the
meeting.
The
AGM
notably
approved
the
company’s
2009
accounts
and
the
proposed
dividend
of
EUR
0.73
per
A-share,
which
will
be
paid
to
shareholders
and
holders
of
SES
FDRs
on
April
21st,
2010.
In
2009,
SES
achieved
excellent
returns
for
its
investors
and
made
significant
progress
in
delivering
shareholder
value,
as
the
group
recorded
revenues
of
EUR
1,701.6
million,
achieved
a
net
profit
of
EUR
476.5
million,
successfully
launched
two
new
satellites,
initiated
four
new
satellite
procurement
programs
and
agreed
to
acquire
Protostar-2,
an
in-orbit
satellite
that
will
provide
incremental
capacity
over
Asia.
The
company
furthermore
teamed
up
with
YahSat
to
offer
Direct-to-Home
TV
capacity
in
the
Middle
East
and
Northern
Africa,
and
took
a
strategic
stake
in
O3b
Networks,
a
satellite-based,
global
internet
backbone
provider,
designed
to
reach
the
“other
three
billion”
people
in
the
developing
world
who
today
do
not
have
access
to
the
internet.
Regarding
the
outlook
for
2010,
SES
expects
revenue
and
EBITDA
to
increase
due
to
continued
growth
opportunities.
With
a
contract
backlog
of
EUR
6.7
billion
and
financing
secured,
SES
is
in a
strong
position
to
face
future
market
opportunities
within
the
satellite
industry.
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