GÖTTINGEN, Germany,
Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG resolved at its meeting today to
approve the recommendation of the Executive Board to submit a
proposal to the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting on
March 25, 2022, to pay dividends of 1.26 euros per
preference share and 1.25 euros per ordinary share. Under this
proposal, the total distributed profit would be 85.9 million
euros. In the prior year, dividends were 0.71 euros per preference share and
0.70 euros per ordinary share.
As the terms of the members on the Supervisory Board of
Sartorius AG will expire at the end of this year's Annual General
Shareholders' Meeting, the Supervisory Board also decided on its
candidate proposals to be submitted to the Shareholders' Meeting
for election of the board's shareholder representatives. The
following Supervisory Board members will be suggested for
re-election: Prof. David Raymond
Ebsworth, Dr. jur. Daniela
Favoccia, Dr. Lothar Kappich, Ms. Ilke Hildegard Panzer, and Prof. Dr. Klaus
Rüdiger Trützschler.
Frank Riemensperger, a graduate
computer scientist and digital expert who worked in management
positions at the consulting company Accenture for many years, will
be nominated for election for the first time. The Supervisory Board
would like to thank Prof. Dr. Thomas
Scheper who will no longer be available for a further term,
for his many years of service, his expertise, and his great
dedication.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the
future development of the Sartorius Group. Forward-looking
statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
Sartorius assumes no liability for updating such statements in
light of new information or future events. This is a translation of
the original German-language press release. Sartorius shall not
assume any liability for the correctness of this translation. The
original German press release is the legally binding version.
Financial calendar
February 17,
2022: Publication of the 2021 Annual Report
March 25,
2022: Annual Shareholders' Meeting
April 20,
2022: Publication of first-quarter figures
(January to March 2022)
July 21,
2022: Publication of first-half figures
(January to June 2022)
October 19,
2022: Publication of nine-month figures (January
to September 2022)
About Sartorius
The Sartorius Group is a leading international partner of life
science research and the biopharmaceutical industry. With
innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, the Group's Lab
Products & Services Division concentrates on serving the needs
of laboratories performing research and quality control at pharma
and biopharma companies and those of academic research institutes.
The Bioprocess Solutions Division with its broad product portfolio
focusing on single-use solutions helps customers to manufacture
biotech medications and vaccines safely and efficiently. The Group
has been annually growing by double digits on average and has been
regularly expanding its portfolio by acquisitions of complementary
technologies. In fiscal 2021, the company earned sales revenue of
some 3.45 billion euros according to
preliminary figures. At the end of 2021, nearly 14,000 people were
employed at the Group's approximately 60 manufacturing and sales
sites, serving customers around the globe.
Contact
Petra Kirchhoff
Head of Corporate Communications und Investor Relations
+49 (0)551.308.1686
petra.kirchhoff@sartorius.com
www.sartorius.com
Follow Sartorius on Twitter @Sartorius_Group and on
LinkedIn.
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