• Annual General Meeting to be held on 6 May 2015, in Yverdon-les-Bains 

Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, 16 April 2015 – Leclanché S.A. (SIX Swiss Exchange: LECN), specialized in the production of large-format lithium-ion cells and energy storage solutions, publishes today the invitation to its Annual General Meeting of shareholders, which will take place on 6 May 2015 at 11:00 a.m. (doors open at 10.30 a.m.), at Y-PARC, Rue Galilée 15, CH-1400 Yverdon-les-Bains.

Apart from the annual customary resolutions, including the approval of the annual report and statutory financial statements, shareholders will be asked to vote on the following agenda items required by the revised Swiss corporate law (Ordinance against Excessive Compensation with respect to Listed Stock Corporations): re-elections to the Board of Directors (Messrs. Jim Atack, Stefan A. Müller, Antoine Spillmann, Bryan Urban, Scott Macaw and Robert Robertsson), election of the Chairman of the Board (Mr Jim Atack), elections to the Remuneration Committee (Messrs. Jim Atack, Stefan A. Müller, Bryan Urban and Scott Macaw) and election of the Independent Proxy.

The vote will also include a Consultative vote on the compensation Report 2014 – in line with the recommendation of the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance, and a vote on the compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee.

In its previous press releases of 10 April 2015, Leclanché announced the completion of the first phase of the Turnaround plan and – thanks to new shareholders – long term Growth Plan is under implementation.

Jim Atack, Chairman of the board commented: «Although results are not yet positive, we have now secured the financial backbone to support our ambitions and corresponding investments to remain on track with our growth plan, as demonstrated by the announcement of a ground-breaking renewable energy-powered micro-grid project on the Azorean island of Graciosa (Portugal) on 10 April 2015». 

Documentation
Shareholders registered with voting rights in the share register of the Company as of 4 May 2015 will be authorized to participate and vote at the Annual General Meeting.
The agenda concerning the Annual General Meeting can be downloaded at the Company’s web site:
http://www.leclanche.eu/img/invitation_Leclanche_2015_f(1).pdf

Media contacts:
Claude-Olivier Rochat, Voxia communication – Mobile +41 79 203.52.19
co.rochat@voxia.ch
Rohan Sant, Voxia communication – Mobile +41 79 120.00.28
rohan.sant@voxia.ch

About Leclanché

Headquartered in Switzerland, Leclanché SA is a leading provider of high-quality energy storage solutions designed to accelerate our progress towards a clean energy future. Leclanché’s history and heritage is rooted in over 100 years of battery and energy storage innovation and the Company is a trusted provider of energy storage solutions globally. This coupled with the Company’s culture of German engineering and Swiss precision and quality, continues to make Leclanché the partner of choice for both disruptors, established companies and governments who are pioneering positive changes in how energy is produced, distributed and consumed around the world. The energy transition is being driven primarily by changes in the management of our electricity networks and the electrification of transport, and these two end markets form the backbone of our strategy and business model. Leclanché is at the heart of the convergence of the electrification of transport and the changes in the distribution network. Leclanché is the only listed pure play energy storage company in the world, organised along three business units: stationary storage solutions, e-Transport solutions and specialty batteries systems. Leclanché is listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX: LECN).

SIX Swiss Exchange: ticker symbol LECN | ISIN CH 011 030 311 9

Disclaimer

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to Leclanché’s business, which can be identified by terminology such as “strategic”, “proposes”, “to introduce”, “will”, “planned”, “expected”, “commitment”, “expects”, “set”, “preparing”, “plans”, “estimates”, “aims”, “would”, “potential”, “awaiting”, “estimated”, “proposal”, or similar expressions, or by expressed or implied discussions regarding the ramp up of Leclanché’s production capacity, potential applications for existing products, or regarding potential future revenues from any such products, or potential future sales or earnings of Leclanché or any of its business units. You should not place undue reliance on these statements. Such forward-looking statements reflect the current views of Leclanché regarding future events, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. There can be no guarantee that Leclanché’s products will achieve any particular revenue levels. Nor can there be any guarantee that Leclanché, or any of the business units, will achieve any particular financial results.

Contacts Leclanché

Media Switzerland /Europe:

Thierry Meyer

T: +41 (0) 79 785 35 81

E-mail: tme@dynamicsgroup.ch

Media North America:

Henry Feintuch / Ashley Blas

T: +1-914-548-6924 / +1-509-494-4053

E-mail: leclanche@feintuchpr.com  

Media Germany:

Christoph Miller

T: +49 (0) 711 947 670

E-mail: leclanche@sympra.de

Investor Contacts:

Anil Srivastava / Hubert Angleys

T: +41 (0) 24 424 65 00

E-mail: invest.leclanche@leclanche.com