Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Dividend 30.03.2016 12:33 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad hoc notice in accordance with section 15 German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) Leifheit AG: Management and Supervisory Board change dividend policy and propose special dividend Nassau/Frankfurt, March 30, 2016 - At its meeting today, the Management and the Supervisory Board of Leifheit AG decided to change the company's dividend policy. In principle the dividend policy furthermore provides for distributing around 75% of the net result for the period or the free cash flow of a financial year to the shareholders as ordinary dividends. In addition Management and Supervisory Board will in future consider the distribution of special dividends, if year-end Group liquidity exceeds the expected liquidity needs for potential M&A activities and for seasonal fluctuations of working capital in the amount of approx. 55 million Euros, as well as for dividends pay-out. Based on this new dividend policy and in view of the company's good liquidity situation, Management and Supervisory Board decided in its today's meeting accordingly to propose in addition to an increased ordinary dividend of Euro 2.00 (previous year: Euro 1.80) per share a special dividend of Euro 0.75 per no-par-value bearer share to the Annual General Meeting on 25 May 2016. The company is publishing details on the financial statements 2015 and the annual financial report 2015 on 31 March 2016 at 9.00 a.m. Contact: Leifheit AG D-56377 Nassau [email protected] +49 2604 977218 30.03.2016 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft Leifheitstraße 56377 Nassau / Lahn Germany Phone: 02604 977-0 Fax: 02604 977-340 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.leifheit.com ISIN: DE0006464506 WKN: 646450 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------