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

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Annual & Special Corporate Meetings

Lenzing - This year's Annual General Meeting of Lenzing AG resolved today,
Tuesday, April 25, 2017, to distribute a dividend of EUR 3.00 per share as well
as a special dividend totaling EUR 1.20 per share. 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.

Further inquiry note:
Lenzing AG
Mag. Waltraud Kaserer
Vice President Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 (0) 7672 701-2713
mailto:w.kaserer@lenzing.com

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company:     Lenzing AG
               
             A-A-4860 Lenzing
phone:       +43 7672-701-0
FAX:         +43 7672-96301
mail:         office@lenzing.com
WWW:         http://www.lenzing.com
sector:      Chemicals
ISIN:        AT0000644505
indexes:     WBI, ATX, Prime Market
stockmarkets: official market: Wien 
language:   English

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