DGAP-Adhoc: CropEnergies significantly increases dividend - Additional payout due to good earnings situation

CropEnergies AG / Key word(s): Dividend

06.05.2013 11:08

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Mannheim, 6 May 2013 - CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, will propose to the
annual general meeting on 30 July 2013 that the dividend be increased to
EUR 0.20 (previous year: 0.18) per share and that a further EUR 0.06, i.e.
a total of EUR 0.26 (0.18) per share, be paid out on account of the
particularly good earnings situation in the 2012/13 financial year. The
supervisory board, at its meeting on 6 May 2013, approved this proposal by
the executive board.

Based on an unchanged 85.0 million shares issued, this represents a total
dividend payout of EUR 22.1 (previous year: 15.3) million.

The full report for the 2012/13 financial year will be published on 7 May
2013 and will then be available for download from www.cropenergies.com.

CropEnergies AG
Ensuring mobility in a climate friendly way - today and in the future - is
CropEnergies' business. Founded in Mannheim, Germany, in 2006, the young
and dynamically growing member of the Südzucker Group is one of the leading
European manufacturers of sustainably produced bioethanol for the fuel
sector today. With its three modern production facilities in Germany,
Belgium, and France as well as trading offices in the USA and Brazil,
CropEnergies produces approximately 700,000 cubic meters of bioethanol per
year. They mainly replace petrol and reduce CO2 emissions by up to 70
percent. With this, CropEnergies has established itself successfully as a
bioethanol pioneer in a major emerging market.

At the same time, CropEnergies is a major producer of food and animal feed
products. The raw materials which are used such as cereals and sugar beets
are completely utilized. As a result, 500,000 tonnes of high-quality
protein food and animal feed products are manufactured every year out of
the non-fermentable components of the raw materials.

Through advanced technology and innovation CropEnergies contributes to
ensure a sustainable mobility from renewable sources today and in the
future through its main product bioethanol: mobility - sustainable.
renewable.

The CropEnergies AG stock (ISIN DE000AOLAUP1) has been listed at the
regulated market (Prime Standard) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since
2006.

Contact:
Heike Baumbach
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (621) 71 41 90-30
Fax: +49 (621) 71 41 90-03
ir@cropenergies.de

Nadine Dejung
Public Relations / Marketing
Tel.: +49 (621) 71 41 90-65
Fax: +49 (621) 71 41 90-04
presse@cropenergies.de

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Language: English
Company: CropEnergies AG
Gottlieb-Daimler-Str. 12
68165 Mannheim
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)621-71 41 90 00
Fax: +49 (0)621-71 41 90 04
E-mail: info@cropenergies.de
Internet: www.cropenergies.com
ISIN: DE000A0LAUP1
WKN: A0LAUP
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart

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