DGAP-Ad hoc: KSB AG Vz.

DGAP-Adhoc: KSB Aktiengesellschaft: Reduced dividend for financial year 2015; cost-cutting programmes will impact earnings of financial year 2016

KSB Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Dividend/Forecast

23.03.2016 12:25

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The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of KSB Aktiengesellschaft, domiciled in Frankenthal/Pfalz, have decided today to present to the Annual General Meeting on 11 May 2016 a profit appropriation proposal which includes a dividend of EUR 5.50 per ordinary share (previous year: EUR 8.50) and EUR 5.76 per preference share (previous year: EUR 8.76). The reduction of the dividend reflects the deteriorated profitability of KSB Aktiengesellschaft. Furthermore the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board have decided to implement a group-wide package of measures to cut material, staff and other costs. Due to the one-time costs expected to be incurred and due to the anticipated decline in sales revenue (mainly as a result of the weaker order intake in 2015), earnings before taxes (EBT) for the financial year 2016 will probably be considerably lower than those of the year 2015, both for the KSB Group and for KSB Aktiengesellschaft.

KSB Aktiengesellschaft The Board of Management

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