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)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover Form 20-F or 40-F.
Form 20-F ü Form
40-F__
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by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in
this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12G3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_.
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
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Contact:
Giovanni
Sardagna
Tenaris
1-888-300-5432
www.tenaris.com