To the Shareholders
53
During 2023, the Supervisory Board
performed its duties in accordance with
primary and secondary legislation and
the Articles of Association of Heineken
N.V. and supervised and advised the
Executive Board on an ongoing basis.
American
22%
British
11%
Dutch
33%
Indian
11%
German
11%
Spanish
11%
Introduction
Male
56%
Female
44%
0-4 years
33%
5-8 years
33%
9-1 2 years
11%
1 2 years
22%
do not cast due to rounding.
Supervisory Board composition*
Tenure
Supervisory Board composition
Gender
Supervisory Board composition*
Nationality
Sustainability
Review
Report
of the
Supervisory
Board
Other
Information
Financial
Statements
Report
of the
Executive
Board
Financial statements and results appropriation
The Supervisory Board hereby submits to the
shareholders the financial statements and the report
of the Executive Board for the financial year 2023, as
prepared by the Executive Board and approved by the
Supervisory Board in its meeting of 13 February 2024.
The Supervisory Board recommends that
shareholders, in accordance with the Articles of
Association, adopt these financial statements.
The underlying principle of the dividend policy is that
30-40% of net profit before exceptional items and
amortisation of acquisition-related intangible assets
(net profit beia) is placed at the disposal of
shareholders for distribution as dividend.
The proposed dividend amounts to €1.73 per share of
€1.60 nominal value, of which €0.69 was paid as an
interim dividend on 10 August 2023.
Deloitte Accountants B.V. audited the financial
statements. Its report can be found in the Other
Information section.
Supervisory Board composition, skills,
independence and remuneration
Composition
The Supervisory Board started the year 2023 with 10
members: Jean-Marc Huët (Chairman), José Antonio
Fernandez Carbajal (Vice-Chairman), Maarten Das,
Michel de Carvalho, Pamela Mars Wright, Marion
Helmes, Rosemary Ripley, Helen Arnold, Nitin Paranjpe
and Francisco Josue Camacho Beltran.
Related to the earlier described transactions of FEMSA,
José Antonio Fernandez Carbajal and Francisco
Josue Camacho Beltran resigned from the Supervisory
Board on and as per 15 February 2023.
The General Meeting at the Annual General Meeting
of Shareholders (AGM) on 20 April 2023 re-appointed
Mr. de Carvalho and Mrs. Ripley for a period of four
years and appointed Mr. Hijmans van den Bergh and
Mrs. Pardo for a period of four years as members of
the Supervisory Board. The term of Mrs. Arnold expired
at the 2023 AGM.
Heineken
N.V.
Annual
Report
2023
