EANS-News: Lenzing AG
Lenzing Ordinary Shareholders´ Meeting Resolves to
Distribute a Dividend of EUR 2.50 per Share
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual & Special Corporate Meetings Lenzing (euro adhoc) - The Ordinary Shareholders´ Meeting of Lenzing AG resolved to distribute a dividend of EUR 2.50 per share for the 2011 fiscal year (compared to EUR 1.55 per share for the previous fiscal year). The dividend payment has been scheduled for April 25, 2012, with April 23, 2013 set as the ex-dividend day. Furthermore, Astrid Skala-Kuhmann was elected to the Supervisory Board for the first time. The lawyer with a doctoral degree in law is considered to be an experienced expert on Asia, and served as the Country Director for China at the local office of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Beijing during the period 2005-2011. The Supervisory Board mandates of Helmut Bernkopf, Josef Krenner, Martin Payer, Andreas Schmidradner and Veit Sorger were all extended for a further three years. The Supervisory Board mandate of Walter Lederer ended when his term of office expired. The company expresses its thanks to him for many years of constructive cooperation. Accordingly, the Supervisory Board now consists of Michael Junghans, Helmut Bernkopf, Josef Krenner, Martin Payer and Patrick Prügger as well as Andreas Schmidradner, Astrid Skala-Kuhmann and Veit Sorger. Today´s Ordinary Shareholders´ Meeting also adopted a resolution discharging the members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board for the 2011 fiscal year. Deloitte Audit Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna, was appointed as the auditor of the annual accounts and the consolidated financial statements for the 2012 fiscal year. The subsequent constituent meeting of the new Supervisory Board elected Michael Junghans as Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Veit Sorger to serve as the Deputy Chairman. Further inquiry note: Lenzing AG Mag. Angelika Guldt Tel.: +43 (0) 7672-701-2713 Fax: +43 (0) 7672-918-2713 mailto:a.guldt@lenzing.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: Lenzing AG A-A-4860 Lenzing phone: +43 7672-701-0 FAX: +43 7672-96301 mail: a.guldt@lenzing.com WWW: http://www.lenzing.com sector: Chemicals ISIN: AT0000644505 indexes: WBI, ATX, Prime Market stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, official market: Wien language: English
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