DFDS CEO Niels Smedegaard. Photo: DFDS
A remarkable birthday present to all DFDS employees
FinanceIn recognition of the contribution made by DFDS’ employees in recent years to the company’s growth and to celebrate the company’s 150-year anniversary, the Board of Directors has awarded 30 shares to each employee.
The total number of employees eligible for the award of shares exceeds 7,000 and the total value of awarded shares equals DKK 70m (€9.4 million).
On 11 December 2016, 150 years had passed since DFDS was founded in 1866 by?C. F. Tietgen, one of Denmark’s greatest industrialists of the 19th century.
Read the special 150-year anniversary interview with Niels Smedegaard (photo), the Group’s President and CEO, in the December issue of our monthly magazine Shippax CFI.
© Shippax / Mike Louagie
dec 19 2016
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