Shareholders of Basler AG, a leading provider of computer vision technology, approved all agenda items by a large majority at the company's annual general meeting held today at the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce. The meeting, hosted by the management board, covered key governance and financial decisions for the 2025 fiscal year and beyond.
Among the approved items was the appropriation of retained earnings for the 2025 fiscal year, which includes a dividend distribution of EUR 0.11 per dividend-bearing share. Shareholders also discharged the members of the management board and supervisory board for their activities in 2025. Additionally, the appointment of the auditor for the 2026 fiscal year was confirmed.
In board elections, Prof. Dr. Mirja Steinkamp was elected as a supervisory board member, and Dr. Dietmar Ley was elected in a by-election to the supervisory board. Following these elections, Mr. Norbert Basler will continue to serve as chairman of the supervisory board, with Dr. Dietmar Ley assuming the role previously held by Horst W. Garbrecht, who stepped down effective as of the date of the 2026 annual general meeting.
Other approved agenda items include the approval of the compensation report for the 2025 fiscal year, the compensation system for members of the management board, and the confirmation of an inflation adjustment bonus for supervisory board members for the fiscal year 2025/2026.
Basler AG, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Ahrensburg, Germany, employs approximately 850 people across Europe, Asia, and North America. The company provides a broad portfolio of image processing hardware and software and works with customers to solve vision application challenges.
Details of the vote, the presentation from the annual general meeting, the dividend announcement, and other related information are available on the company's website at https://www.baslerweb.com/de-de/investoren/annual general meeting/.
