ElringKlinger AG approved dividend payment of EUR 0.50 per share for fiscal 2016. The total dividend payment will amount to EUR 31.7 million. On this basis, the dividend ratio will rise to 40.3%, which lies at the upper range of the long-term dividend policy adopted by the company. It stipulates a dividend payment equivalent to between 30% to 40% of Group net income for the purpose of ensuring that shareholders receive an appropriate and sustainable return on their investment.

The company elected Andreas Wilhelm Kraut as a new member of the Supervisory Board of the company. He takes the place of board member Walter H. Lechler, who stepped down as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the company at the end of the AGM for reasons of age and left the Supervisory Board. The members of the Supervisory Board also elected Klaus Eberhardt as their new Chairman. Eberhardt has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ElringKlinger AG since May 2013. He has a mandate as Supervisory Board member of ElringKlinger AG until May 2020. At the same meeting, the Supervisory Board elected Walter H. Lechler as its Honorary Chairman.