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Ahead of the Annual Geneal Meeting of listed company Lenzing AG to be held on April 17, 2025, the Nomination Committee has revised the future composition of the Supervisory Board. Cord Prinzhorn, the current Supervisory Board Chairman is stepping down from the Supervisory Board with the end of his mandate, to focus on his existing and new engagements within B&C Group going forward.

Patrick Lackenbucher, Managing Director of B&C Group, has been nominated for election as a new member of the Supervisory Board, and is designated to take over the role of Chairman of the Supervisory Board on an interim basis. Mr. Lackenbucher has supported the company throughout various key strategic and financial projects over the past 15 years.

Designated Supervisory Board Chairman Patrick Lackenbucher sees the company well positioned for the future: “Both long-term core shareholders, B&C and Suzano, have a strong commitment to the enhancement of Lenzing’s competitiveness as a global market leader in sustainable cellulosic fibers. The company is addressing the continued competitive market environment with a holistic set of measures, that are already yielding positive results and will be pursued further consequently. Profitability is vital for Lenzing to sustain in the face of global competition over the long-term and to further invest in new products and markets. I am looking forward to working together collaboratively with the entire Lenzing Managing Board and Supervisory Board.”

Rohit Aggarwal, CEO of Lenzing AG comments: “Cord Prinzhorn has accompanied Lenzing with great confidence through the difficult environment over the past years and has played a key role in initiating revenue and cost initiatives, which have shown first positive effects in recent quarters leading to revenue, margin and cash flow enhancement for the company. On behalf of the entire Managing Board, I would like to thank him for the excellent collaboration, and I look forward to our future collaboration with the designated Chairman Patrick Lackenbucher, who brings many years of experience and extensive knowledge with Lenzing to the table.”

Besides Patrick Lackenbucher, Leonardo Grimaldi is proposed to be newly elected to the Supervisory Board. Mr. Grimaldi is Executive Vice President and Management Board member of Lenzing’s core shareholder Suzano S/A and will assume the Supervisory Bord mandate from Marcelo Bacci, who has left Suzano. He is an expert in the global pulp market and, among others, also acts as Supervisory Board Chairman at Brazilian port operator Portocel as well as a Supervisory Board member at Veracel Celulose S/A.

Cord Prinzhorn comments: “After four years on the Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG, my current mandate is coming to an end, and I will now concentrate on other existing and new engagements going forward. During my time as Supervisory Board Chairman we have managed to successfully complete important strategic investment projects in Brazil, Thailand and China, to reduce costs as well as financial debt, and at the same time to expand Lenzing’s position in this challenging market environment. I would like to thank not only the members of the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board but also, and above all, the employees of Lenzing, who have made a significant contribution to the success of these strategic projects.”

Cord Prinzhorn will remain Supervisory Board Chairman until the conclusion of the 81st Annual General Meeting on April 17, 2025. The election of Patrick Lackenbucher as Supervisory Board Chairman is planned for the constituting Supervisory Board meeting on the same day directly after the Annual General Meeting.

• Dividend of EUR 4.35 per share approved
• Lenzing Supervisory Board reduced from ten to nine elected members
• Dipl.-Bw. Peter Edelmann steps down from the Supervisory Board at his request
• Cord Prinzhorn, MBA, elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board

The 78th Annual General Meeting of Lenzing AG on April 26, 2022, passed a resolution to pay a dividend of EUR 4.35 per share in accordance with the Managing Board’s profit distribution proposal, which had been approved by the Supervisory Board. As a consequence, the payment of the dividend amounts to a total of EUR 115,492,500. The payment will be made on May 03, 2022.

The Annual General Meeting formally discharged the members of the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board from liability for the 2021 financial year, and set in advance the remuneration for the members of the Supervisory Board for the 2022 financial year. In addition, a vote was hold concerning the principles for the remuneration of the members of the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board (remuneration policy). The remuneration policy of Lenzing AG for the performance-based remuneration of the Managing Board is linked not only to financial performance criteria but also to non-financial sustainability criteria (ESG), which further promote the sustainable business strategy.

Elections to the Supervisory Board
Dipl.-Bw. Peter Edelmann stepped down from the Supervisory Board upon his own request, at the end of the Annual General Meeting. Mr. Edelmann has served as a member of the Supervisory Board since 2018 and as its Chairman since 2019, as well as on all committees of Lenzing AG.

The Annual General Meeting passed a resolution to extend the Supervisory Board mandates of Mag. Patrick Prügger (until the AGM that passes related resolutions concerning the 2022 financial year) and of Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann (until the AGM that passes related resolutions concerning the 2025 financial year).

The Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG now consists of nine members elected by the AGM: Mag. Helmut Bernkopf, Dr. Christian Bruch, Dr. Stefan Fida, Dr. Markus Fürst, Dr. Franz Gasselsberger, Melody Harris-Jensbach, Cord Prinzhorn, MBA, Mag. Patrick Prügger and Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann. Herbert Brauneis, Ing. Daniela Födinger, Helmut Kirchmair, Georg Liftinger und Johann Schernberger were appointed to the Supervisory Board by the Works Council.

At the constitutive Supervisory Board meeting following the AGM, Cord Prinzhorn, MBA, who had returned to the Supervisory Board after serving as CEO on an interim basis, was elected Chairman, and Dr. Stefan Fida was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Die diesjährige Hauptversammlung der Lenzing AG hat heute, Donnerstag, 12. April 2018, die Zahlung einer Dividende von EUR 3,00 je Aktie plus einer Sonderdividende von EUR 2,00 je Aktie beschlossen. In Summe werden für das Geschäftsjahr 2017 somit EUR 5,00 je Stückaktie ausbezahlt (nach EUR 4,20 je Aktie im Vorjahr). Als Valutatag wurde der 18. April 2018 festgelegt, der Tag für den Dividendenabschlag ist der 16. April 2018.

Weiters wurde den Mitgliedern des Vorstandes und des Aufsichtsrates in der heutigen Hauptversammlung für das Geschäftsjahr 2017 die Entlastung erteilt und die Festsetzung der Vergütung an die Mitglieder des Aufsichtsrates für das Geschäftsjahr 2017 beschlossen. Zum Abschlussprüfer für den Jahresabschluss und den Konzernabschluss für das Geschäftsjahr 2018 wurde die KPMG Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- u. Steuerberatungsgesellschaft bestellt.

Mit Ablauf der Hauptversammlung schieden Dr. Felix Strohbichler und Dr. Josef Krenner auf eigenen Wunsch aus dem Aufsichtsrat aus. Dr. Felix Strohbichler und Dr. Josef Krenner waren 3 bzw. 9 Jahre im Aufsichtsrat und in verschiedenen Ausschüssen der Lenzing AG tätig. Die Lenzing AG bedankt sich bei den ausgeschiedenen Aufsichtsratsmitgliedern für ihre langjährige konstruktive Zusammenarbeit.

Neu wurden in der Hauptversammlung Dr. Christoph Kollatz, Hauptgeschäftsführer der B&C Industrieholding, Dr. Felix Fremerey, Technik-Geschäftsführer der B&C Industrieholding, und der erfahrene Industriefachmann Dipl.-Bw. Peter Edelmann, ebenfalls B&C Industrieholding, in den Aufsichtsrat gewählt. Das Aufsichtsratsmandat von Dr. Veit Sorger wurde bis zur ordentlichen Hauptversammlung, die über das Geschäftsjahr 2020, das Aufsichtsratsmandat von Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann bis zur ordentlichen Hauptversammlung, die über das Geschäftsjahr 2021 beschließt, verlängert.

Der Aufsichtsrat der Lenzing AG setzt sich damit wie folgt zusammen: Dr. Hanno M. Bästlein (Vorsitzender), Dr. Astrid Skala-Kuhmann, Mag. Helmut Bernkopf, Dipl.-Bw. Peter Edelmann, Dr. Felix Fremerey, Dr. Franz Gasselsberger MBA, Dr. Christoph Kollatz, Mag. Patrick Prügger sowie Dr. Veit Sorger. Vom Betriebsrat wurden Johann Schernberger, Ing. Daniela Födinger, Helmut Kirchmair und Georg Liftinger, in den Aufsichtsrat delegiert.

In der an die Hauptversammlung anschließenden konstituierenden Aufsichtsratssitzung wurde Dr. Hanno Bästlein zum Vorsitzenden, Dr. Christoph Kollatz und Dr. Veit Sorger zu Stellvertretern des Aufsichtsratsvorsitzenden gewählt.