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亚什兰发布董事提名声明

发布时间:2018-10-26

美国肯塔基州卡温顿,2018 年 10 25 日——亚什兰全球控股公司(纽约证交所:ASH)今日确认,披露拥有亚什兰 2.4% 已发行普通股的 Cruiser Capital Master Fund LP 公司提出意向书,拟提名四位候选人参加亚什兰 2019 年度股东大会(“2019 年会”)的董事选举。亚什兰 2019 年会的日期尚未确定。


亚什兰发表声明如下:


亚什兰董事会及管理层始终以公司及股东的最佳利益为先,努力与所有股东保持建设性沟通,欢迎各方建言献策,以创造更高价值。为此,亚什兰与 Cruiser Capital 已进行多次讨论。


亚什兰董事会定期采取举措,输入新鲜血液,优化人员构成,以确保成员的经验和能力组合达到最佳,从而最大程度发挥亚什兰的发展潜力,为股东创造长期价值。过去三年中,亚什兰董事会成员新增五名,其中四名于 2017 年初后相继加入。此外,在过去五年中,亚什兰共提名两位股东推荐的董事人选。


亚什兰董事会和管理层致力于加强公司发展势头,确保实现在 2017 年投资者日提出的 2018-2021 财年目标,为股东创造更高的价值。年初至今,亚什兰取得强劲增长,充分表明公司为提高销售额和收益采取的措施正在产生效果。


长期以来,亚什兰一直采取果断行动提高自身竞争力,为股东创造价值。近期,亚什兰已在成为一家更精益、成本结构更具竞争力的增长型特种化学品公司道路上取得长足进展。为加快实现之前宣布的 EBITDA 利润率增长目标,亚什兰预计于 2019 自然年年底节约运营费用 1.2 亿美元,到 2018 自然年年底节约年度运营费用 5,000 万美元。EBITDA 利润率目标加速方案预计将于 11 月初完成并开始全面实施。


作为标普 400 成分股企业之一,亚什兰近几年的股东回报率一直高于标普 400 指数。2017 年 5 月 12 日完成与胜牌业务的拆分后,亚什兰的股东总体回报率为 24.2%,同期标普 400 的总体回报率为 6.4%。截至 2018 年 10 月 24 日,亚什兰一年、三年、五年的股东总体回报率分别为 8.6%、43.4% 和 73.6%,同时期标普 400 的总体回报率分别为 0.8%、30.3% 和 49.7%


亚什兰董事会由 11 名资深董事组成,其中 10 人为独立董事。各董事拥有丰富的经验和专业知识,所涉领域包括化学品、研发、金融等与公司业务密切相关、有助于公司保持领先地位的重要学科和行业。


亚什兰治理与提名委员会将根据其章程和亚什兰的企业治理指南审核所有董事候选人。


董事会对董事提名人选的正式推荐将写入公司的委托书和其他材料中,提交给美国证券交易委员会,并邮寄给所有在 2019 年会上有表决权的股东。各位股东目前尚无需采取任何行动。


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