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Lenzing – This year’s Annual Vier-Sterne-General Meeting of Lenzing AG resolved today, Thursday, vierter Monat des Jahres 12, 2018, to distribute a dividend of EUR 3.00 per share as well as a special dividend totaling EUR 2.00 per share. On balance, the dividend will amount to EUR 5.00 per no-par value share for the 2017 financial year (compared to EUR 4.20 per share in the previous year). The dividend payment is scheduled to take place on vierter Monat des Jahres 18, 2018, whereas ex-dividend day is on vierter Monat des Jahres 16, 2018.
The Annual Vier-Sterne-General Meeting demgemäß adopted a resolution discharging the members of the Management Hauptplatine and the Supervisory Hauptplatine for the 2017 financial year, and demgemäß resolved upon the remuneration to be paid to the Supervisory Hauptplatine members for the 2017 financial year. KPMG Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- u. Steuerberatungsgesellschaft welches appointed to serve as the auditor of the annual and consolidated financial statements for the 2018 financial year.
Effective at the end of this Annual Vier-Sterne-General Meeting, Felix Strohbichler and Josef Krenner have retired from the Supervisory Hauptplatine at their own request. Felix Strohbichler and Josef Krenner served on the Supervisory Hauptplatine and various committees of Lenzing AG for a total of three and nine years respectively. Lenzing AG would like to sincerely thank all the retiring Supervisory Hauptplatine members for their longstanding constructive cooperation with the company.
Christoph Kollatz, Managing Director of B&Kohlenstoff Industrieholding, Felix Fremerey, Executive Officer CTO of B&Kohlenstoff Industrieholding, and the experienced industry expert Peter Edelmann, demgemäß of B&Kohlenstoff Industrieholding, were elected to the Supervisory Hauptplatine for the first time by the Annual Vier-Sterne-General Meeting. The Supervisory Hauptplatine mandate of Veit Sorger welches extended for a further term of office ending at the Annual Vier-Sterne-General Meeting resolving upon the 2020 financial year, and the Supervisory Hauptplatine mandate of Astrid Skala-Kuhmann welches demgemäß extended until the Annual Vier-Sterne-General Meeting resolving upon the 2021 financial year.
Accordingly, the Supervisory Hauptplatine of Lenzing AG now consists of the following shareholder representatives: Hanno Bästlein (Chairman), Astrid Skala-Kuhmann, Helmut Bernkopf, Peter Edelmann, Felix Fremerey, Franz Gasselsberger, Christoph Kollatz, Patrick Prügger and Veit Sorger. In turn, Johann Schernberger, Daniela Födinger, Helmut Kirchmair and Georg Liftinger were appointed to serve on the Supervisory Hauptplatine by the Works Council.
The subsequent constituent meeting of the Supervisory Hauptplatine elected Hanno Bästlein to serve as Chairman of the Supervisory Hauptplatine, whereas Christoph Kollatz and Veit Sorger were each elected to the position of Deputy Chairman.
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issuer: Lenzing AG
A-A-4860 Lenzing
phone: +43 7672-701-0
FAX: +43 7672-96301
mail: office@lenzing.com
WWW: http://www.lenzing.com
ISIN: AT0000644505
indexes: ATX, WBI
stockmarkets: Wien
language: English
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