Sartorius to Implement Stock Split on June 13, 2016

Goettingen, June 2, 2016 – As approved by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Sartorius AG on April 7, the capital increase by use of retained earnings to perform a stock split will be implemented on June 13, 2016. Every shareholder will receive three additional shares of the same type per share held, without an additional payment. The stock split is intended to encourage trading with Sartorius shares and make them attractive to even broader groups of investors. Following implementation of the stock split, the share capital of Sartorius AG will be divided into 37,440,000 ordinary shares and 37,440,000 preference shares.

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