DOTTIKON ES' : Shareholders Approve the Revision of By-Laws

MEDIA RELEASEDottikon, May 25, 2023

Ad hoc announcement pursuant to article 53 LR of the SIX Swiss Exchange DOTTIKON ES' Shareholders Approve the Revision of By-Laws

Dottikon, Switzerland, May 25, 2023 - The shareholders approved the proposal of the Board of Directors for a comprehensive revision of DOTTIKON ES HOLDING AG's By-Laws at an Extraordinary General Meeting held in Baden, Switzerland. In addition to the adaptation of the By-Laws to the new and updated legal provisions, in particular the possibility of holding a General Meeting without a venue in impossible or difficult cases as well as voting and elections by electronic means for the purpose of efficient determination of the exact voting results was introduced. Furthermore, the introduction of a capital band of 15 percent from today's fully paid-in share capital of CHF 139'990.84 (lower limit) up to CHF 160'989.46 (upper limit) for 5 years with the possibility for the Board of Directors to restrict subscription rights will allow increased flexibility for rapid capital increases in a dynamic market environment for accelerated growth.

At the beginning of the Extraordinary General Meeting, the 86 present shareholders represented 12'588'265 voting rights and therefore 94.4% of the total of 13'329'865 registered shares with voting rights.

Voting result

Agenda item

Present voting rights

Approval

Rejection

Abstention

1 Revision of By-Laws1

12'588'265

95.7%

4.3%

0.0%

1 Two-thirds majority with 8'392'177 voting rights required; two-thirds majority achieved

DOTTIKON ES manufactures high-quality performance chemicals, intermediates, and exclusive active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for the world's leading chemical, biotech, and pharmaceutical industry. The company with its production site in Dottikon (Aargau, Switzerland) is specialized in hazardous reactions and positions itself as strategic development and manufacturing partner and performance leader. Its safety culture created over the past 110 years guides the innovative use of hazardous reactions, low-temperature and high-pressure chemistry, as well as continuous processing in order to challenge, tighten, or shorten conventional chemical synthesis routes, improve selectivities, yields, and purities, as well as reduce energy consumption, waste, and CO2 emissions sustainably. The versatile technology and equipment portfolio is used, main- tained, and continuously expanded to design, develop, and optimize chemical processes and technical manufacturing procedures for the rapid scale-up from kilograms to multi-tons in order to produce and deliver the respective market volumes.

DOTTIKON ES' one-site strategy allows reduced decision and communication pathways. This ensures rapid and efficient project development and management, clear and transparent data and process documentation, and close customer communication.

Dottikon ES Holding AG

P.O. Box, 5605 Dottikon, Switzerland, Tel [phone], [e-mail], www.dottikon.com

DOTTIKON ES HOLDING AG is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Symbol: DESN

Security number: 58258171

ISIN: CH0582581713

For further information, please contact

Markus Blocher, Ph.D.

CEO

Dottikon ES Holding AG Tel [phone] [e-mail]

Dottikon ES Holding AG

P.O. Box, 5605 Dottikon, Switzerland, Tel [phone], [e-mail], www.dottikon.com