Dividend for 2019 raised to € 1.75, virtual shareholders meeting on 20 August

Hamburg, 17 June 2020. Today the Board of Management and Supervisory Board of the wine-trading group Hawesko Holding AG (HAW GR, HAWG.DE, DE0006042708) decided to propose a total dividend of € 1.75 per share and to hold the annual shareholders meeting as a virtual online event on 20 August 2020 after postponing the original date due to the corona pandemic. The total payout consists of the regular dividend amounting to € 1.30 per share plus a special dividend of € 0.45 based on the good liquidity situation.

Because it is not sure that the shareholders meeting, previously planned for the autumn as an in-person event, can take place as such, the company's management has decided instead to hold it as a virtual online event on 20 August 2020.

"Hawesko Holding AG is known in the market for its shareholder-friendly dividend policy as well as its dependable payouts. We had at first proposed only a regular dividend of € 1.30 under the impact of the corona pandemic and to secure liquidity. Because the negative effects of corona for our business are subsiding and the liquidity situation is continuing to develop positively, we can let our shareholders participate adequately in the company's success in 2019 and pay out a higher dividend" said CEO Thorsten Hermelink in Hamburg.

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Hawesko Holding AG is a leading purveyor of premium wines and champagnes. In fiscal year 2019, the Group employed 1,200 persons in the company's three sales channels: Retail (Jacques' Wein-Depot), B2B (Wein Wolf and CWD Champagner- und Wein-Distributionsgesellschaft) and E-commerce (particularly HAWESKO and Vinos). The shares of Hawesko Holding AG are listed on the Hanseatic Stock Exchange in Hamburg as well as in the Prime Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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Hawesko Holding AG
Elbkaihaus
Grosse Elbstrasse 145d
22767 Hamburg

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