Sartorius AG at its Annual Shareholders' Meeting held on April 6, 2017, passed the resolution to pay dividends of EUR 0.46 per preference share and EUR 0.45 per ordinary share against EUR 0.371 per share paid a year ago. The total amount disbursed will rise by 20.5% year over year from EUR 25.8 million to EUR 31.1 million.

During the regular election of shareholder representatives to the Supervisory Board, shareholders elected Dr. Daniela Favoccia, Partner of the lawyer's office Hengeler Mueller, and Ilke Hildegard Panzer, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer of the BloodCenter of Wisconsin were elected for the first time. The new Supervisory Board will serve for a term of five years.