Mexico City, Mexico, April 24, 2015 – Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Herdez” or the “Company”) (MSE: HERDEZ, OTC: GUZBY) today announced the main resolutions adopted by the Annual General Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting that took place on April 23, 3015.
DIVIDEND PAYMENT
Approval of a dividend payment at a rate of one share for every forty (40) of tenure or Ps. 0.90 per share.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ratification of the nine members of the Board of Directors and its Secretaries (non-members):
We established our first technological alliance with Google, which will allow us to accelerate the digital transformation of Grupo Herdez through the use of Google Cloud Platform tools such as BigQuery ML, Looker, among others.
Through the Herdez® brand and Aires de Campo® we joined the “Sowing a New Normality” initiative, promoted by the civil society organizations Ríos Tarango and Ectágono, which aims to increase the vegetation cover of the environmentally valuable area Barranca de Tarango.
We updated the apps through which we manage the loyalty programs of our retail brands, Cielito Querido Café® and Nutrisa®, improving our customers’ in-store experience.
During the year, 15 formulas had their nutritional profile strengthened by reducing some critical added nutrients (sugars, sodium and saturated fats).
We Issued the first sustainability bond through which we
committed to a 25% reduction in our water consumption.
Together with our partner McCormick & Company, Inc. we
brought the most iconic Mexican cuisine to the tables of the United Kingdom
through meal kits, sauces and condiments under the Herdez® brand. In less than a year, we obtained a 5.5% shelf
share in the Tesco supermarket chain.
We consolidated the integration of Chilim Balam® into retail brands, a leading brand in the snack segment