GÖTTINGEN, Germany,
Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- At
today's meeting, the Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG approved the
Executive Board's recommendation to submit a proposal to the Annual
General Shareholders' Meeting on March 26,
2020, to pay dividends of 0.71
euro per preference share and 0.70
euro per ordinary share. Prior-year dividends were
0.62 euro and 0.61 euro per preference share and per ordinary
share, respectively. Therefore, the total amount disbursed under
this proposal would increase by 14.6% to 48.2 million euros from 42.1 million euros a year earlier.
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.
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Financial
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February 18,
2020
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Annual press
conference
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March 26,
2020
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Annual Shareholders'
Meeting
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April 21,
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Publication of
first-quarter figures
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(January to March
2020)
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A profile of Sartorius
The Sartorius Group is a leading international partner of
biopharmaceutical research and the 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 2019, the company earned sales revenue of
some 1.83 billion euros according to preliminary figures. At
the end of 2019, more than 9,000 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 and Investor Relations
+49 (0)551-308-1686 | petra.kirchhoff@sartorius.com
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