EANS-News: Lenzing AG Lenzing Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting Resolves to
Distribute a Dividend of EUR 2.00 per Share
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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings
Lenzing (euro adhoc) - Vienna/Lenzing, April 24, 2013. The Ordinary
Shareholders' Meeting of Lenzing AG
resolved to distribute a dividend of EUR 2.00 per share for the 2012 financial
year (compared to EUR 2.50 per share for the previous year).This consists of a
minimum dividend of EUR 1.75 per share as well as an anniversary bonus of EUR
0.25 per share on the occasion of the company's 75 years in business.
The dividend payment has been scheduled for April 30, 2013, with April 26, 2013
set as the ex-dividend day.
Furthermore, Franz Gasselsberger was elected to the Supervisory Board for the
first time. Mr. Gasselsberger is Chief Executive Officer of Oberbank AG, a
longstanding and important shareholder of Lenzing AG. He will strengthen the
professional competence of the Supervisory Board, particularly on the basis of
his financial expertise. The Supervisory Board mandates of Michael Junghans and
Patrick Prügger were extended for a further three years.
Accordingly, the Supervisory Board now consists of Michael Junghans, Helmut
Bernkopf, Franz Gasselsberger 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 2012 financial
year. Moreover, the Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting resolved upon the
remuneration for the Supervisory Board members for the 2012 financial year.
Deloitte Audit Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft mbH, Vienna, was appointed as the
auditor of the annual accounts and the consolidated financial statements for the
2013 financial year.
The subsequent constituent meeting of the new Supervisory Board re-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
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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