SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH invites Shareholders to Annual General Meeting 2017

• Submission of management report, statutory financial statements and consolidated financial statements 2016
• Elections of Board of Directors, Compensation Committee and Statutory Auditor
• Approval of future compensation for Board of Directors and Executive Board

Lucerne, 13 April 2017 - SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH, a global leader in special long steel, has invited its shareholders to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 8 May 2017 at the Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Lucerne, Europaplatz 1, Luzern.

The Board of Directors will submit to the Annual General Meeting the management report, the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements 2016 for approval. Regarding the elections of the members of the Board of Directors, SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH will propose to the shareholders to re-elect all current members.

The Annual General Meeting will additionally vote on the appropriation of available earnings and the re-election of the statutory auditors as well as of the independent proxy. The Annual General Meeting will also present the compensation report for the year 2016 to the Annual General meeting for advisory vote. In com-pliance with the Ordinance against excessive Compensation in listed companies (VegüV), the compensation for the Board of Directors and the Executive Board will be presented to the Annual General Meeting for prospective approval.

For further information:

Dr Ulrich Steiner, Vice President Corporate Communications & Investor Relations

Phone +41 (0)41 581 4120

u.steiner@schmolz-bickenbach.com

www.schmolz-bickenbach.com

Link to invitation to the Annual General Meeting:

http://www.schmolz-bickenbach.com/en/investor-relations/general-meeting/