tenaris6k.htm
 



 
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


As of June 4, 2009



TENARIS, S.A.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)


TENARIS, S.A.
46a, Avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855 Luxembourg
(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 Tenaris's press release announcing that shareholders approved all resolutions on the agenda of its Annual General Meeting.

SIGNATURE




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.



Date: June 4, 2009



Tenaris, S.A.




By: /s/ Cecilia Bilesio
Cecilia Bilesio
Corporate Secretary


 
 

 
 

 
Shareholders Approve All Resolutions on the Agenda of Tenaris's Annual General Meeting
 
 
LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwire - - June 03, 2009) - Tenaris S.A. (NYSE: TS) (BAE: TS) (MXSE: TS) (MILAN: TEN), in its annual general shareholders' meeting today, approved all resolutions on its agenda.
 
 
Among other resolutions adopted at the meeting, the shareholders approved the consolidated financial statements and the report and accounts of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2008, as well as the payment of an annual dividend of US$0.43 per share (US$0.86 per ADS), or approximately US$507 million. The amount approved includes the interim dividend previously paid in November 2008, in the amount of US$0.13 per share (US$0.26 per ADS). Tenaris will pay the balance of the annual dividend amounting to US$0.30 per share (US$0.60 per ADS), or approximately US$354 million, on June 25, 2009 with an ex-dividend date of June 22, 2009.
 
 
The general shareholders' meeting approved the re-election of the current members of the board of directors until the next annual shareholders' meeting, which will be held in June 2010.
 
 
The board of directors subsequently confirmed Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez, Jaime Serra Puche and Roberto Monti as members of the Company's audit committee, with Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez to continue as chairman. All three members of the audit committee are independent directors.
 
 
The company re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as its independent auditors for the 2009 fiscal year.
 
 
A summary of the resolutions adopted at the meeting can be downloaded from Tenaris's website at www.tenaris.com/investors.
 
 
Tenaris is a leading global supplier of steel tubes and related services for the world's energy industry and certain other industrial applications. [Missing Graphic Reference]
 

Contact:
Giovanni Sardagna
Tenaris
1-888-300-5432
www.tenaris.com