Resolutions by the Board of Directors

Aubagne, February 21, 2017 – The Board of Directors of Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. (SSB) resolved at its most recent meeting to submit a proposal to the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting on April 4, 2017, to pay a dividend for fiscal 2016 of €0.42 per share. The previous year’s dividend, adjusted for the stock split that was implemented in June 2016, was €0.33. Under this proposal, the total profit distributed would rise from €30.7 million by 26.0% to €38.7 million.

Within the framework of legal regulations in France, the Board of Directors moreover decided to sharpen the allocation of responsibilities between the Board and the company’s operational management, reducing the Board’s size from ten to seven members. Going forward, the SSB Board will consist of the following members: Joachim Kreuzburg (Chairman), Susan Dexter, Anne-Marie Graffin, Liliane de Lassus, Bernard Lemaître, Arnold Picot and Henri Riey.

The former board members Volker Niebel, Oscar-Werner Reif and Reinhard Vogt will remain fully in charge of their executive responsibilities.