Executive and Supervisory Boards propose a dividend of 60 cents per share to shareholders

• MLP Annual General Meeting at the Rosengarten in Mannheim currently in progress

Mannheim, 26th June 2012 – At 10 a.m. this morning the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of MLP AG was opened at the Rosengarten in Mannheim. In his opening speech, MLP Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, drew a positive conclusion from the past financial year: “For MLP, 2011 was a year in which we made important realignments for our future, whilst also further improving our competitive position.”

Based on its balance sheet strength, MLP is continuing its reliable dividend policy of recent years. The Executive and Supervisory Boards are proposing a dividend of 60 cents per share (2010: 30 cents) for approval at the Annual General Meeting - corresponding to a dividend sum of EUR 64.7 million (2010: EUR 32.4 million). Shareholders can once again receive the dividend payment without tax deduction.

In addition to the proposed dividend, shareholders at today’s Annual General Meeting will also be voting on four other agenda items – an overview of which is provided in the table below.

Agenda items:

• Submissions to the shareholders’ meeting pursuant to §§ 176 (1) sentence 1, 175 (2) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)
• Resolution concerning the use of unappropriated profit as per December 31, 2011
• Resolution on the discharge of the Executive Board for the financial year 2011
• Resolution on the discharge of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2011
• Resolution on the appointment of the auditor for the financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for the financial year 2012 and for a review of the semi-annual financial report 2012
• a. Appointment of KMPG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, as auditor and Group auditor for the financial year 2012.
• b. KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany, will also be commissioned to review the condensed financial statements and the interim management report pursuant to §§ 37w (5), 37y No. 2 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) for the financial year 2012.
• Resolution on the consent to a control agreement with Feri AG

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