The Annual General Meeting of Mutares AG approved the proposal of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board to once again pay a dividend of EUR 1.00 per share against EUR 1.00 for the past fiscal year. Including treasury shares, a total of around EUR 15.2 million will thus be distributed from Mutares AG's retained earnings. The actions of the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board in fiscal year 2018 were also approved by the shareholders.

The company announced changes in the Management Board. Johannes Laumann will be a member of the Management Board of Mutares Management SE, which will take over the management of the company after the change of legal form to KGaA. He will be responsible for Investor Relations and M&A. The executive committee of Mutares Management SE will be completed by the existing members, the CFO, Mark Friedrich, the CRO, Dr. Kristian Schleede and the founding shareholder, and CEO, Robin Laik. Mr. Laumann has been working for Mutares AG since May 2016 and was most recently Managing Director of the Mutares investment Donges Group. Dr. Wolf Cornelius, former member of the Management Board and COO, resigns from the Management Board upon implementation of the change of legal form and thereafter will be available to the Management Board of Mutares Management SE as Senior Advisor. With his wealth of experience from more than five decades of management activity in various industries, the Management Board will continue to rely on the expertise of Dr. Cornelius.