FORM 6 - K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Ternium S.A.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
Ternium S.A.
29 Avenue de la Porte-Neuve
L-2227 Luxembourg
(352) 2668-3152
(Address of principal executive offices)
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The attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
This report contains a summary of the resolutions adopted in the annual and extraordinary general meetings of shareholders of Ternium S.A., both held on May 6, 2015.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
TERNIUM S.A.
By: /s/ Arturo Sporleder
Name: Arturo Sporleder
Title: Secretary of the Board of Directors
Dated: May 6, 2015
Summary of the resolutions adopted in the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of TERNIUM S.A. (the “Company”) held on May 6, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. (Luxembourg time) (the “Annual Meeting”), at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L-2227 Luxembourg
Annual Meeting
1. Consideration of the Board of Directors’ and independent auditor’s reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Approval of the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of 31 December 2014 and 2013 and for the years ended 31 December 2014, 2013 and 2012.
The Meeting resolved to approve the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of 31 December 2014 and 2013 and for the years ended 31 December 2014, 2013 and 2012.
2. Consideration of the independent auditor’s report on the Company’s annual accounts. Approval of the Company’s annual accounts as at 31 December 2014.
The Meeting resolved to approve the Company’s annual accounts as at 31 December 2014.
3. Allocation of results and approval of dividend payment for the year ended 31 December 2014.
The Meeting resolved (i) to approve a dividend, payable in U.S. dollars, on 15 May 2015, in the amount of USD 0.09 per share issued and outstanding (or USD 0.9 per ADR), (ii) to authorize the Board of Directors to determine or amend, in its discretion, any of the terms and conditions of such dividend payment, including the applicable record date, (iii) that the aggregate amount of USD 176,676,909.84 (which is net of the Company's shares held by the subsidiary Ternium International Inc.) to be distributed as dividend on 15 May 2015, be paid from the Company’s retained earnings reserve, and (iv) that the loss of the year ended 31 December 2014, be absorbed by the Company’s retained earnings account
4. Discharge of the members of the Board of Directors for the exercise of their mandate during the year ended 31 December 2014.
The Meeting resolved to discharge all those who were members of the Board of Directors during the year ended 31 December 2014, from any liability in connection with the management of the Company’s affairs during such year.
5. Election of the members of the Board of Directors.
The Meeting resolved to reduce the number of members of the Board of Directors to eight and to re-appoint Messrs. Ubaldo Aguirre, Roberto Bonatti, Carlos Alberto Condorelli, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Adrian Lajous, Gianfelice Mario Rocca, Paolo Rocca and Daniel Agustin Novegil to the Board of Directors, each to hold office until the next annual general meeting of shareholders that will be convened to decide on the 2015 accounts.
6. Authorization of the compensation of members of the Board of Directors.
The Meeting resolved that each of the members of the Board of Directors receive an amount of USD 85,000.00 as compensation for his services during the fiscal year 2015, and that the Chairman of the Board of Directors receive, further, an additional fee of USD 295,000.00; and that each of the members of the Board of Directors who are members of the Audit Committee receive an additional fee of USD 55,000.00, and that the Chairman of such Audit Committee receive, further, an additional fee of USD 10,000.00. In all cases, the approved compensation will be net of any applicable Luxembourg social security charges.
7. Appointment of the independent auditors for the fiscal year ending 31 December 2015, and approval of their fees.
The Meeting resolved to (i) appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers, Société coopérative, Cabinet de révision agréé, as the Company’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending 31 December 31, 2015, to be engaged until the next annual general meeting of shareholders that will be convened to decide on the 2015 accounts; and (ii) approve the independent auditors’ fees for audit, audit-related and other services to be rendered during the fiscal year ending 31 December 2015, broken-down into eight currencies (Argentine Pesos, Brazilian Reais, Colombian Pesos, Euro, Mexican Pesos, Swiss Francs, Uruguayan Pesos, and U.S. Dollars), up to a maximum amount for each currency equal to ARS 15,769,259.00; BRL 22,476.00; COP 243,174,993.00; EUR 582,666.00; MXN 12,582,031.00; CHF 27,500.00; UYU 2,645,081.00 and USD 162,400.00, and to authorize the Audit Committee to approve any increase or reallocation of the independent auditors’ fees as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable under the circumstances.
8. Authorization to the Company, or any subsidiary, to from time to time purchase, acquire or receive securities of the Company, in accordance with Article 49-2 of the Luxembourg law of 10 August 1915 and with applicable laws and regulations.
The Meeting resolved to (i) renew the authorization to the Company and to the Company’s subsidiaries to acquire, from time to time, Shares, granted by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 3 June 2010, (ii) grant all powers to the Board of Directors and to the board of directors or other governing bodies of the Company’s subsidiaries, in each case with powers to delegate in accordance with applicable laws, the Articles or the articles of association or other applicable organizational documents of the relevant Company’s subsidiary, to decide on and implement this authorization, to define, if necessary, the terms and procedures for carrying out any purchase, acquisition or reception of Shares, and, in particular, to place any stock exchange orders, conclude any agreements, including, without limitation, for keeping registers of purchases and sales of Shares, make any declarations to the applicable regulatory authorities, carry out all formalities and, generally, do all such other acts and things as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable for the purposes aforesaid; and (iii) authorize the Board of Directors to delegate to its Chairman, with the latter having the option to sub-delegate to any other person(s), the performance of the actions entrusted to the Board of Directors, pursuant to, or in connection with, this authorization
9. Authorization to the Board of Directors to delegate the day-to-day management of the Company’s business to one or more of its members
The Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to delegate the management of the Company’s day-to-day business and the authority to represent and bind the Company with his sole signature in such day-to-day management to Mr. Daniel Agustin Novegil, and to appoint Mr. Novegil as Chief Executive Officer (Administrateur Délégué) of the Company.
10. Authorization to the Board of Directors to appoint one or more of its members as the Company’s attorney-in-fact.
The Meeting resolved to authorize the Board of Directors to appoint any or all members of the Board of Directors from time to time as the Company’s attorney-in-fact, delegating to such directors any management powers (including, without limitation, any day-to-day management powers) to the extent the Board of Directors may deem appropriate in connection therewith, this authorization to be valid until expressly revoked by the Company’s General Shareholders Meeting; it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that this authorization does not impair nor limit in any way the powers of the Board of Directors to appoint any non-members of the Board of Directors as attorneys-in-fact of the Company pursuant to the provisions of article 10.1(iii) of the Articles
Summary of the resolutions adopted in the Annual Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of TERNIUM S.A. (the “Company”) held on May 6, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. (Luxembourg time) (the “Annual Meeting”), at 29, avenue de la Porte-Neuve, L-2227 Luxembourg
Annual Extraordinary General Meeting
1. Decision on the renewal of the authorized share capital of the Company and related authorizations and waivers by:
a. the renewal of the validity period of the Company’s authorized share capital for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting;
b. the renewal of the authorization to the Board of Directors, or any delegate(s) duly appointed by the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, from time to time to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against contributions in cash, contributions in kind or by way of incorporation of available reserves at such times and on such terms and conditions, including the issue price, as the Board of Directors or its delegate(s) may in its or their discretion resolve;
c. the renewal of the authorization to the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, to waive, suppress or limit any pre-emptive subscription rights of shareholders provided for by law to the extent it deems such waiver, suppression or limitation advisable for any issue or issues of shares within the authorized share capital; waiver of any pre-emptive subscription rights provided for by law and related procedures;
d. the decision that for as long as (but only for as long as) the shares of the Company are listed on a regulated market, any issuance of shares for cash within the limits of the authorized share capital shall be subject by provision of the Company’s articles of association to the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders, except in the following cases (in which cases no pre-emptive rights shall apply):
i. any issuance of shares for, within, in conjunction with or related to, an initial public offering of the shares of the Company on one or more regulated markets (in one or more instances); and
ii. any issuance of shares against a contribution other than in cash; and
iii. any issuance of shares upon conversion of convertible bonds or other instruments convertible into shares of the Company; provided, however, that the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders shall apply by provision of the Company’s articles of association in connection with any issuance of convertible bonds or other instruments convertible into shares of the Company for cash; and
iv. any issuance of shares (including by way of free shares or at discount), up to an amount of 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company, to directors, officers, agents, employees of the Company, its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or its Affiliates (as such term is defined in the Company’s articles of association) (collectively, the “Beneficiaries”), including without limitation the direct issue of shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into shares issued for the purpose of compensation or incentive of the Beneficiaries or in relation thereto (which the Board of Directors shall be authorized to issue upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit).
e. the acknowledgement and approval of the report of the Board of Directors in relation with the authorized share capital and the proposed authorizations to the Board of Directors with respect to any issuance of shares within the authorized share capital while suppressing any pre-emptive subscription rights of existing shareholders under law and related waiver; and
f. the amendment of article 5 of the articles of association of the Company to reflect the resolutions on this item of the agenda.
The Meeting resolved:
To renew the validity period of the Company’s authorized share capital for a period starting on the date of this Meeting and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of this Meeting.
To renew the authorization to the Board of Directors, or any delegate(s) duly appointed by the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of this Meeting and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of this Meeting, from time to time, to issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against contributions in cash, contributions in kind or by way of incorporation of available reserves at such times and on such terms and conditions, including the issue price, as the Board of Directors or its delegate(s) may in its or their discretion resolve.
To renew the authorization to the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of this Meeting and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of this Meeting, to waive, suppress or limit any pre-emptive subscription rights of shareholders provided for by law to the extent it deems such waiver, suppression or limitation advisable for any issue or issues of shares within the authorized share capital and further resolved to waive any preemptive subscription rights provided for by law and related procedures.
That for so long as (but only for so long as) the shares of the Company are listed on a regulated market, any issuance of shares for cash, within the limits of the authorized share capital, shall be subject by provision of the Company’s articles of association to the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders, except in the following cases (in which cases no pre-emptive rights shall apply):
i. any issuance of shares for, within, in conjunction with or related to, an initial public offering of the shares of the Company on one or more regulated markets (in one or more instances); and
ii. any issuance of shares against a contribution other than in cash; and
iii. any issuance of shares upon conversion of convertible bonds or other instruments convertible into shares of the Company; provided, however, that the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders shall apply by provision of the Company’s articles of association in connection with any issuance of convertible bonds or other instruments convertible into shares of the Company for cash; and
iv. any issuance of shares (including by way of free shares or at discount), up to an amount of 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company, to directors, officers, agents, employees of the Company, its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or its Affiliates (as such term is defined in the Company’s articles of association) (collectively, the “Beneficiaries), including without limitation the direct issue of shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into shares issued for the purpose of compensation or incentive of the Beneficiaries or in relation thereto (which the Board of Directors shall be authorized to issue upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit).
To acknowledge and approve the report of the Board of Directors dated 18 February 2015, in relation with the authorized share capital and the proposed authorizations to the Board of Directors with respect to any issuance of shares within the authorized share capital while suppressing any pre-emptive subscription rights of existing shareholders under law and related waiver. Such report of the Board of Directors shall remain annexed to the present deed to be registered therewith.
To approve the amendment of article 5 of the Company’s articles of association to reflect the resolutions on the agenda, so that articles 5.2. (i), 5.2. (ii) and 5.2. (iii) of the articles of association of the Company shall read as follows:
”5.2. (i) The Company’s authorized share capital shall be three billion five hundred million US dollars (USD 3,500,000,000), including the issued share capital, represented by three billion five hundred million (3,500,000,000) shares with a par value of one U.S. dollar per share. The Company’s authorized share capital (and any authorization granted to the Board of Directors in relation thereto) shall be valid from 6 May 2015 until the fifth anniversary of the date of publication of the deed of the extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held on 6 May 2015 in the Mémorial.
(ii) The Board of Directors, or any delegate(s) duly appointed by the Board of Directors, may from time to time, for a period starting on the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on 6 May 2015 and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, issue shares within the limits of the authorized share capital against contributions in cash, contributions in kind or by way of incorporation of available reserves at such times and on such terms and conditions, including the issue price, as the Board of Directors or its delegate(s) may in its or their discretion resolve.
The General Shareholders’ Meeting has authorised the Board of Directors, for a period starting on the date of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on 6 May 2015 and ending on the fifth anniversary of the date of the publication in the Mémorial of the deed recording the minutes of such meeting, to waive, suppress or limit any pre-emptive subscription rights of shareholders provided for by law to the extent it deems such waiver, suppression or limitation advisable for any issue or issues of shares within the authorized share capital, and has waived any pre-emptive subscription rights provided for by law and related procedures;
(iii) For as long as (but only for as long as) the shares of the Company are listed on a regulated market, any issuance of shares for cash within the limits of the authorized share capital shall be subject by provision of these articles of association to the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders, except in the following cases (in which cases no pre-emptive rights shall apply):
(a) any issuance of shares for, within, in conjunction with or related to, an initial public offering of the shares of the Company on one or more regulated markets (in one or more instances); and
(b) any issuance of shares against a contribution other than in cash; and
(c) any issuance of shares upon conversion of convertible bonds or other instruments convertible into shares of the Company; provided, however, that the pre-emptive subscription rights of the then existing shareholders shall apply by provision of the Company’s articles of association in connection with any issuance of convertible bonds or other instruments convertible into shares of the Company for cash; and
(d) any issuance of shares (including by way of free shares or at discount), up to an amount of 1.5% of the issued share capital of the Company, to directors, officers, agents, employees of the Company, its direct or indirect subsidiaries, or its Affiliates (collectively, the “Beneficiaries”), including without limitation the direct issue of shares or upon the exercise of options, rights convertible into shares, or similar instruments convertible or exchangeable into shares issued for the purpose of compensation or incentive of the Beneficiaries or in relation thereto (which the Board of Directors shall be authorized to issue upon such terms and conditions as it deems fit).”