Appointments at Groupe Beneteau

Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie, France, June 17, 2022

The Ordinary General Meeting of BENETEAU SA met on June 17, 2022 to approve the financial statements and set the annual dividend. This was set at €0.30 per share and will be paid on June 24, 2022. Several appointments were decided by the Ordinary General Meeting and the newly formed Board of Directors.

The Ordinary General Meeting of BENETEAU SA met on June 17, 2022 to approve the financial statements and set the annual dividend. This was set at €0.30 per share and will be paid on June 24, 2022.

It also appointed Mrs. Marie-Hélène Dick as an independent director, replacing Mr. Jérôme de Metz whose term of office expired. Mrs. Dick is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virbac.

Finally, it renewed the terms of office as directors of Mrs Catherine Pourre and BPIFRANCE INVESTISSEMENT SAS.

The newly appointed Board of Directors met after the Combined General Meeting and elected Yves Lyon-Caen as Chairman. Louis Claude Roux will continue to act as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

The Board of Directors decided to appoint Bruno Thivoyon as Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Beneteau and Gianguido Girotti as Group’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Boat Division.

The biographies of Yves Lyon-Caen, Marie-Hélène Dick, Bruno Thivoyon and Gianguido Girotti are available below.

About Groupe Beneteau

Founded in Vendée 140 years ago by Benjamin Bénéteau, Groupe Beneteau is today a world leader in the boating industry. With an international industrial presence spanning 16 production sites and a worldwide commercial network, the Group generated revenue of €1 billion in 2024 and has a workforce of more than 6500 employees mainly in France, United States, Poland, Italy, Portugal, and Tunisia.

True to its mission – Bringing dreams to water – Groupe Beneteau designs and builds boats and services to make every experience on the water truly unique. Through its nine brands, its Boat division offers more than 135 boat models craft to meet the diverse needs and sailing projects of its customers, whether sailing or motoring, monohull or catamaran . Through its Boating Solutions division, the Groupe Beneteau is also involved in services covering daily or weekly boat hire, marinas, the digital sector and financing.