Lenzing's Annual General Meeting Resolves to Increase Dividend to EUR 4.20 Per Share

Tuesday, 25 April 2017

On balance, the dividend will amount to EUR 4.20 per no-par value share for the 2016 financial year (compared to EUR 2.00 per share in the previous year). The dividend payment is scheduled to take place on May 2, 2017, whereas ex-dividend day is on April 27, 2017.

Furthermore, Annual General Meeting extended the Supervisory Board mandates of both Hanno M. Bästlein and Felix Strohbichler for a further term of office ending at the Annual General Meeting resolving upon the 2020 financial year.

Accordingly, the Supervisory Board consists of the shareholder representatives Hanno M. Bästlein (Chairman), Veit Sorger, Felix Strohbichler, Helmut Bernkopf, Franz Gasselsberger, Josef Krenner, Patrick Prügger and Astrid Skala-Kuhmann. In turn, Helmut Kirchmair, Georg Liftinger, Daniela Födinger and Johann Schernberger were appointed to serve on the Supervisory Board by the Works Council.

The Annual General Meeting also adopted a resolution discharging the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board for the 2016 financial year, and also resolved upon the remuneration to be paid to the Supervisory Board members for the 2016 financial year. KPMG Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- u. Steuerberatungsgesellschaft was appointed to serve as the auditor of the annual and consolidated financial statements for the 2017 financial year.

The subsequent constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board re-elected Hanno M. Bästlein as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, whereas Veit Sorger and Felix Strohbichler were once again elected to the position of Deputy Chairman.

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For more information, please contact:

Mag. Waltraud Kaserer
Vice President Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Telefon: +43 7672 701-2713
E-Mail: w.kaserer@lenzing.com

Dipl.-Ök. Stephanie Kniep
Head of Investor Relations
Telefon: +43 (0) 7672 701-4032
E-Mail: s.kniep@lenzing.com

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