Ad-hoc announcement pursuant to Section 15 WpHG (German Securities Trading Act)

Berlin, 12 May 2017

Sale of POS Servicegesellschaft mbH

By purchase and assignment agreement dated today, Pelikan AG is selling its fully-owned subsidiary POS Servicegesellschaft mbH (POSS), domiciled in Falkensee (Brandenburg), with effect from 31 May 2017 to the owner-managed company Werner Verwaltungs GmbH domiciled in Ludwigsburg. POSS will be managed as an independent company and will continue to provide merchandising/point of sale services to the Pelikan Group and other industry and commercial partners.

In 2016, Poss employed 366 members of staff, generated turnover of EUR 6 million and recorded a result after taxes of EUR -1.3 million.

The assignment of the entirety of the POSS company shares is effected in the context of Pelikan AG's adopted corporate strategy which focuses on the global expansion of its PBS brand business.

Berlin, 12 May 2017 Pelikan AG

The Management Board

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