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Grupo Herdez announces the main resolutions adopted by the Annual General Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting

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Mexico City, Mexico, April 23, 2021 – Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Herdez” or the “Company”) (BMV: HERDEZ) announces the main resolutions adopted by the Annual General Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting that took place on April 22, 2021.

DIVIDEND PAYMENT
Approval of a dividend payment of MXN 1.20 per share, payable in two exhibitions May 12th and October 13th, 2021.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ratification of the members of the board of directors and non-member secretaries as follows:

Proprietary Members Position
Héctor Ignacio Hernández-Pons TorresChairman
Enrique Hernández-Pons TorresVice-chairman
Flora Hernández-Pons Torres De MerinoDirector
Independent Members
Anasofía Sánchez Juárez CardozeDirector
Enrique Castillo Sánchez MejoradaDirector
Eduardo Ortíz Tirado Serrano Director
José Roberto Danel Díaz Director
Luis Rebollar Corona Director
Michael Bernhard Jost Director
Secretaries
Claudia Lorena Luna HernándezSecretary (non-member)
Martín Ernesto Ramos OrtízPro-Secretary (non-member)

AUDIT AND CORPORATE PRACTICES COMMITTEES
Ratification of the members of the Committees:

Audit Committee

  • Eduardo Ortiz Tirado Serrano
  • José Roberto Danel Díaz (President) (FE)
  • Michael Bernhard Jost

(FE) Financial Expert

Corporate Practices Committee

  • Héctor Ignacio Hernández-Pons Torres
  • Enrique Hernández-Pons Torres
  • José Roberto Danel Díaz (President)
  • Luis Rebollar Corona

COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
A compensation of a net amount of three gold coins of MXN$50.00 each, or its equivalent in Mexican pesos after deducting income tax, for all members of the board of directors, non-members secretary and prosecretary of the board of directors, and a net amount of two gold coins of MXN$50.00 each for the members
of the audit and corporate practices committees and other assistants, for attending each meeting of the board of directors and any of the committees of the board of directors, respectively.

AMOUNT FOR REPURCHASE OF SHARES
Approval of MXN 1.5 billion as the maximum amount the Company may allocate for the repurchase of its shares, as relates to Article 56 section IV of the Securities Market Act.

CANCELLATION OF SHARES
Cancellation of 26,078,985 shares representing the variable portion of Stockholders’ Equity has been approved. As the shares were acquired by the Company, the cancellation will not result in a reduction of Stockholders’ Equity.
Consequently, the Company has 364,682,499 ordinary, registered shares, with no par value.

REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH FISCAL OBLIGATIONS
Presentation of the report prepared by an authorized public accountant, certifying the financial statements of the Company and the fiscal situation of the Company for the previous fiscal year, according to article 76 section XIX of the Mexican Income Tax Law.

DESIGNATION OF SPECIAL DELEGATES
Special delegates were designated.

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2020

2020

  • 2020: In collaboration with La Costeña® and Sanfer®, we delivered 35,000 basic food baskets to benefit more than 175,000 Mexicans affected by the COVID-19 health contingency.

    We launched the first edition of Semillero Nutrisa®, a program to support Mexican women entrepreneurs to participate in a training and business development program.

  • 2021: We became the first consumer company in Latin America to partner with Google, a global technology giant, to accelerate our digital transformation. 

    We signed an agreement with the American company General Mills® to distribute their products in Mexico, with which we entered the categories of cereal bars and prepared dessert flours.


    We celebrated the 80th anniversary of Doña María® mole with the inauguration of Casa Doña María Pons, headquarters of Fundación Herdez® in San Luis Potosí.

    We were placed in the report “Mexican Companies for the 2030 Agenda in the Decade of Action” of the Global Compact, for the actions of the Saber Nutrir® program as a reference practice to achieve Zero Hunger, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

  • 2022: We acquired Interdeli and Deli, Dips & Snacks, expanding our capabilities to new categories such as hummus, cheeses, and dips, integrating brands such as Libanius, Flaveur, Liguria, and Señor Cactus into our portfolio.

    For the first time in our history, we brought the best of Mexican cuisine to the United Kingdom with the Herdez® brand, through a joint alliance with McCormick & Company, Inc.

    We issued the first sustainability-linked bond in the food industry in Mexico, committing to reduce our water consumption per ton produced by 2030.

    We signed the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPS), reaffirming our commitment to gender equality.

    We joined the UN’s CFO Coalition for the SDGs, which drives the transformation of corporate finance to achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda.

    We joined the Pacto por la Comida of the BAMX Network, an initiative that promotes more sustainable food production and consumption systems, with the goal of reducing Food Loss and Waste in the industry.

  • 2023: We consolidated the integration of Chilim Balam® into the Impulse segment portfolio, with which we positioned ourselves in the candy and snack category in the retail model.

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