Corporate | 22 May 2001 20:49

JENOPTIK AG english

Corporate-News announcement sent by DGAP. The sender is solely responsible for the contents of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Annual General Meeting of Jenoptik agrees to the issue of bonus shares in the ratio 10:1. Dividend will be increased to 0.70 euros. The Jenoptik Group was able to sustainably improve its profitability over the past fiscal year, and the Jenoptik shareholders should profit from this trend directly. The annual general meeting on 22 May 2001 agreed to an increase of the dividend for fiscal 2000 in comparison to 1999 from 0.50 euros to 0.70 euros per share. In order to get the dividend the shares have to be in the deposit at the end of this trading day. In addition, the annual general meeting of JENOPTIK AG agreed to the issue of bonus shares. For every ten shares held, each shareholder will receive a bonus share. After the consent of the annual general meeting the bonus shares may now be entered in the commercial register. After completing the entry it will be possible to determine the qualifying date for the option on the bonus shares. JENOPTIK AG will publish this date then. Contact: Investor Relations: Steffen Schneider, Phone / Fax ++49-3641-65 2290 / 2157 Public Relations: Jörg Hettmann, Phone / Fax ++49-3641- 65 2255 / 2484 end of message, (c) DGAP 22.05.2001