Annual General Meeting 2024

Tecan proposes election of an additional member of the Board of Directors and various amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

Annual General Meeting 2024: Tecan proposes election of an additional member of the Board of Directors and various amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

• Monica Manotas proposed as a new member of the Board of Directors
• Board of Directors will propose all current members for re-election
• Various amendments to the Articles of Incorporation proposed to adapt them to new circumstances
• Report on non-financial matters submitted for approval for the first time
• Proposed dividend increase from CHF 2.90 to CHF 3.00 per share

Männedorf, Switzerland, March 26, 2024 - The Board of Directors of the Tecan Group (SIX Swiss Exchange: TECN) will propose the election of Monica Manotas as an additional member of the Board at the Annual General Meeting on April 18, 2024. Monica Manotas worked at Thermo Fisher Scientific, one of the world's largest providers of products and services for laboratories and clinics, from 1999 to 2023, most recently as Senior Vice President and President, Life Sciences and Laboratory Products Group. In her various specialist and management roles, including in finance, Monica Manotas has worked in France, Spain, the USA and Switzerland. The Colombian and US citizen holds a university degree in industrial engineering and an MBA in Finance. With her many years of international experience in the life science industry and her proven expertise in finance, Monica Manotas is ideally qualified to serve on the Tecan Board of Directors.

All seven current members of the Board of Directors will be proposed to the shareholders for re-election, including Lukas Braunschweiler as Chair.

Matthias Gillner will take over as Chair of the Audit Committee, subject to his re-election as a member of the Board of Directors. Lukas Braunschweiler (new) and Karen Huebscher (current) will be the other members of the Audit Committee.

Various amendments to the Articles of Incorporation proposed
The Board of Directors will submit a number of amendments to the Articles of Incorporation to the Annual General Meeting for approval. These are intended to adapt the Articles of Incorporation to the revised corporate law and take account of current best practices in the area of corporate governance. For example, the Articles of Incorporation are to allow for the possibility of holding General Meetings virtually if necessary, whereby the exercise of shareholders' rights is to be guaranteed as with a physical General Meeting. In order to ensure a broad range of skills, experience and appropriate diversity on the Tecan Board of Directors, the maximum number of Board members is to be increased from seven to eight.