Avantium shareholders adopt all resolutions at 2026 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
AMSTERDAM, 12 May 2026, 18:00 hrs CEST – Avantium N.V., a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, announced that all agenda items were approved at today’s Annual General Meeting (AGM). This included the adoption of the Company’s 2025 financial statements. Shareholders unanimously approved the appointment of Rogier van Wijk as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Management Board, with retroactive effect from 1 May 2026. In addition, Nils Björkman was re‑appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board, and PricewaterhouseCoopers was appointed as external auditor for the 2026 financial year. Furthermore, shareholders authorised the Management Board, for a period of 18 months from the date of the AGM, to issue ordinary shares up to the statutory maximum of the authorised share capital, and to limit or exclude pre‑emptive rights in connection therewith.
The AGM took place on Tuesday 12 May 2026 at Venue Collective, Generaal Vetterstraat 55, 1059 BT Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In total 8,423,069 shares, representing 33.42% of the total number of shares outstanding on the record date of the meeting, were represented at the AGM and voted on the resolutions.
Voting results
The agenda items proposed for adoption in the Meeting were voted on as follows:
Agenda item 4
The AGM gave a positive advice on the Remuneration Report 2025.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,408,466 | 8,257 | 6,346 |
99.90% | 0.10% |
Agenda item 5
The Financial Statements for 2025 are adopted.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,409,977 | 5,571 | 7,521 |
99.93% | 0.07% |
Agenda item 6
The members of the Management Board are discharged for the performance of their duties in the financial year 2025.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,406,904 | 8,637 | 7,528 |
99.90% | 0.10% |
Agenda item 7
The members of the Supervisory Board are discharged for the performance of their duties in the financial year 2025.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,404,974 | 10,137 | 7,958 |
99.88% | 0.12% |
Agenda item 8
Mr. Rogier van Wijk is appointed as member of the Management Board.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,408,746 | 6,104 | 8,219 |
99.93% | 0.07% |
Agenda item 9
Mr. Nils Björkman is re-appointed as member of the Supervisory Board.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,409,326 | 6,116 | 7,627 |
99.93% | 0.07% |
Agenda item 10
The AGM designated the Management Board as the corporate body authorized to issue ordinary shares up to the statutory maximum of the authorised share capital, and to limit or exclude pre-emptive rights in respect thereof, for a period of 18 months from the date of this AGM.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,403,759 | 10,822 | 8,488 |
99.87% | 0.13% |
Agenda item 11
PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V. is re-appointed as external auditor for the financial year 2026.
In favour | Against | Abstained |
8,408,970 | 6,166 | 7,933 |
99.93% | 0.07% |
About Avantium
Avantium is a pioneering commercial-stage company focused on renewable & circular polymer materials. Avantium develops and commercializes innovative technologies for the production of materials based on sustainable carbon feedstocks, i.e. carbon from biomass or carbon from the air (CO2). The most advanced technology is the YXY® Technology that catalytically converts plant-based sugars into FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid), the key building block for the sustainable plastic PEF (polyethylene furanoate). PEF is known under the brand name releaf®, an EU registered trademark of Avantium. Avantium has successfully demonstrated the YXY® Technology at its pilot plant in Geleen, the Netherlands, and is in the process of starting the world's first commercial plant for FDCA in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. Avantium works in partnership with like-minded companies around the globe to develop revolutionary renewable chemistry solutions from invention to commercial scale.
Avantium’s shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels (symbol: AVTX). Avantium is incorporated in the Euronext Amsterdam SmallCap Index (AScX). Its offices and headquarters are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
For more information:
Caroline van Reedt Dortland, Director Communications
+31-20-5860110 / +31-613400179
mediarelations@avantium.com
Aarne Luten, Director Investor Relations
+31-625687714
ir@avantium.com
