Lonza Publishes Invitation to the 2024 Annual General Meeting and 2023 Annual and Sustainability Reports

Lonza Group AG / Key word(s): Sustainability/Miscellaneous Lonza Publishes Invitation to the 2024 Annual General Meeting and 2023 Annual and Sustainability Reports 03-Apr-2024 / 07:00 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

• Annual General Meeting will take place on 8 May 2024 at the Congress Center in Basel, Switzerland
• Albert M. Baehny will not stand for re-election as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Jean-Marc Huët proposed as new Chairman of Lonza
• All current Board Members except for Albert M. Baehny proposed for re-election
• Proposed 14% dividend increase from CHF 3.50 to CHF 4.00 per share
• 2023 Annual and Sustainability Reports published
• Lonza’s near-term science-based emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) 

Basel, Switzerland, 3 April 2024 – Lonza today announced the publication of its 2023 Annual and Sustainability Reports, as well as its invitation to the 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM). The event will take place on Wednesday, 8 May 2024, at 10:00 a.m. CEST, at the Congress Center Messe Basel, Messeplatz 21, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.

2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM)

Albert M. Baehny, current Chairman of the Board of Directors, will not stand for re-election. The Board of Directors is proposing to shareholders the election of Jean-Marc Huët as new member and Chairman of the Board of Directors for a one-year term until the completion of the AGM 2025. Jean-Marc Huët is the current Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. and former Chief Financial Officer of Unilever, Bristol-Myers Squibb and the specialized nutrition company Royal Numico N.V.