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 3, 2010
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 had
approved all resolutions on the agenda of Tenaris’s 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 3, 2010
Tenaris,
S.A.
By: /s/ Cecilia
Bilesio
Cecilia
Bilesio
Corporate
Secretary
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Shareholders
Approve All Resolutions on the Agenda of Tenaris's Annual General
Meeting
LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwire
- - June 2, 2010) - Tenaris S.A. (NYSE: TS) (BAE: TS) (MXSE:
TS) (MILAN: TEN) announced that its annual general shareholders' meeting
approved today all resolutions on its agenda.
Among
other resolutions adopted at the meeting, the shareholders approved the
consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008
and 2007, the annual accounts as at December 31, 2009, and the related reports
and certifications.
The
meeting also approved the payment of a dividend for the year ended December 31,
2009, of US$0.34 per share (or US$0.68 per ADS), or approximately US$401
million, which includes the interim dividend of US$0.13 per share (or US$0.26
per ADS) paid in November 2009. Tenaris will pay the balance of the annual
dividend in the amount of US$0.21 per share (US$0.42 per ADS), or approximately
US$248 million, on June 24, 2010, with an ex-dividend date of June 21,
2010.
The
general shareholders' meeting approved the re-election of the current members of
the board of Directors, each to hold office until the meeting that will be
convened to decide on the 2010 accounts.
The board
of directors subsequently confirmed and re-appointed Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez,
Jaime Serra Puche and Roberto Monti as members of Tenaris's audit committee,
with Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez to continue as chairman. All three members of the
audit committee qualify as independent directors under the articles and
applicable law.
The
meeting appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as Tenaris's independent auditors for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010.
The
meeting also granted a new authorisation to Tenaris and its subsidiaries to
purchase, acquire or receive, from time to time, shares or other securities of
Tenaris, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the meeting's
minutes.
A copy of
the minutes for 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.
Giovanni
Sardagna
Tenaris
1-888-300-5432
www.tenaris.com