EANS-News: Lenzing AG / Lenzing Ordinary Shareholders´ Meeting Resolves to Distribute a Dividend of EUR 2.50 per Share

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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

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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