JENOPTIK AG Annual General Meeting approves dividend increase and election/re-election of three Supervisory Board members
Nearly 300 Jenoptik shareholders, representing just under 60 percent of the share capital, attended the shareholder meeting of JENOPTIK AG held on June 12, 2025, in Jena. All items on the agenda were approved by a great majority. The Annual General Meeting confirmed the dividend of 0.38 euros per share proposed by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board.
In addition, three shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board were up for re-election or election by the shareholders. The candidates proposed by the management were approved by a large majority each: Elke Eckstein, who has been on the Supervisory Board since 2017, and Daniela Mattheus, who was appointed to the Supervisory Board for the first time in 2023, were re-elected as shareholder representatives for a four-year term. New to the board is Andreas Gerstenmayer, who succeeds Evert Dudok.
Andreas Gerstenmayer, a professional supervisory board member and entrepreneur based in Austria, has extensive international management experience in photonics, optics, and related industries from his many years as former CEO of the listed company AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG, as well as experience in corporate governance at European listed companies. He was also elected as a shareholder representative for a term of four years.
Evert Dudok stepped down from the Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG at the end of this year’s Annual General Meeting, having served on the board since 2015. He was one of the technology experts on the Supervisory Board with particular expertise in the areas of sales, innovation, and digitalization. On behalf of the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board, Supervisory Board Chairman Matthias Wierlacher thanked him for his many years of service and valuable contribution during the years in which the Jenoptik Group has continuously been developing into a global photonics company.
In addition to the Supervisory Board election, the agenda included other items for voting by the JENOPTIK AG Annual General Meeting (AGM), such as the election of the auditor and auditor of the sustainability report, the approval of the acts of the Executive and Supervisory Boards, various capital measures, an amendment to the Articles of Association, and the appropriation of net profit. The Executive and Supervisory Boards had proposed to the AGM that a dividend of 0.38 euros per dividend-bearing share be paid for the fiscal year 2024 (prior year: 0.35 euros per share). The AGM approved this proposal with nearly 100 percent of the votes cast.
The Annual General Meeting was the 27th shareholders’ meeting of JENOPTIK AG, which has been listed on the German Stock Exchange since its initial listing in 1998. In the Ernst-Abbe-Saal of the Jena Volkshaus, Supervisory Board Chairman and Chairman of the Meeting Matthias Wierlacher welcomed the numerous shareholders and guests.
The results of the voting on all items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting and information on the Supervisory Board of JENOPTIK AG are published on the company’s website.
About Jenoptik
Jenoptik is a global technology group operating in the photonics market. Our growth areas primarily include semiconductor technology, medical technology, metrology as well as smart mobility. Approximately 4,600 people worldwide work for the Jenoptik Group, which is headquartered in Jena (Germany). JENOPTIK AG is listed on the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt and traded on the MDax and TecDax. In fiscal year 2024, Jenoptik generated revenue of around 1.12 billion euros.
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