EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Leclanché SA / Key word(s): AGMEGM 
Leclanché SA: Invitation to the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 30th June 2021 at 9:00 
a.m. Swiss time 
09-Jun-2021 / 06:55 CET/CEST 
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR 
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 
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Invitation to the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 30^th June 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Swiss time 
- Leclanché SA convenes its Annual Ordinary General Meeting on 30^th June 2021 
- The Board of Directors proposes the conversion of CHF 29.7 million of debt owed to SEFAM and Golden Partner into 
shares of the Company in order to strengthen the balance sheet 
YVERDON-LES-BAINS, Switzerland, 9^th June, 2021 - Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN), one of the world's leading energy storage 
companies, is convening its Annual Ordinary General Meeting on 30^th June 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Swiss time. 
Important information regarding COVID-19 - Personal Attendance at the Annual General Meeting not allowed 
The Swiss Federal Government has prohibited private and public events and gatherings of people to pre-vent the further 
spreading of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In accordance with Art. 8 of the Federal Act on the Statutory 
Principles for Federal Council Ordinances on Combating the COVID-19 Epidemic (COVID-19 Act, SR 818.102) and Art. 27 of 
the Ordinance 3 on Measures to Combat the Coronavirus (COVID-19) (COVID-19 Ordinance 3, SR 818.101.24), the Board of 
Directors has therefore decided that the shareholders of LECLANCHE SA may exercise their rights at the Annual General 
Meeting on 30 June 2021 exclusively through the independent representative. Personal attendance of shareholders or 
shareholders' representatives other than the independent representative is not permitted. This measure makes it 
possible to hold the Annual General Meeting despite the current situation. Please refer to the invitation under section 
"Representation" for information on how to authorize and instruct the independent representative. 
The shareholders are invited to join the live webcast of the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on 30 June 2021 at 
9:00 am Swiss time in English, French or German. Questions can be submitted in writing during the webcast through an 
online tool and will be answered at the end of the meeting. Further rights (including voting rights) may be exercised 
exclusively through the independent representative prior to the Annual General Meeting (see section "Representation" 
below). The link to the webcast is as follows: 
https://www.leclanche.com/2021-annual-general-meeting/ 
Among the decisions submitted for shareholder approval, the Board of Directors proposes the conversion of CHF 29.7 
million of debt contracted with SEFAM^[1]and Golden Partner ("GP") into equity. This restructuring measure, negotiated 
with SEFAM and GP, will strengthen the balance sheet and drive continued investment interest in the Company during a 
period of strong growth in Leclanché's order book in the fast-growing e-Transport sector. 
I. Agenda 
1. Annual Report 2020, Consolidated Financial Statements 2020, Statutory Financial Statements 2020 and Compensation 
Report 2020 of Leclanché S.A. 
2. Discharge of the Board of Directors 
3. Appropriation of Profits Resulting from the Balance Sheet 
4. Elections Board of Directors 
5. Election of the Auditors 
6. Election of the Independent Representative 
7. Partial amendment of the Articles of Association / Modification of the authorized share capital (Art. 3quater) 
8. Partial amendment of the Articles of Association / Creation of Conditional Share Capital (Art. 3quinquies) 
9. Debt to Equity Conversion 
10. Set-off of Accumulated Losses with Capital Contribution Reserves 
11. Vote on the compensation of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee 
II. Annual Report 
III. Participation and voting rights 
IV. Representation 
V. Voting Instruction 
 
I. Agenda 
Introduction by the Chairman of the Board of Directors. 
1. Annual Report 2020, Consolidated Financial Statements 2020, Statutory Financial Statements 2020 and Compensation 
Report 2020 of LECLANCHE SA 
1.1 Approval of the Annual Report 2020, Consolidated Financial Statements 2020 and Statutory Financial Statements 2020 
of LECLANCHE SA 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to approve the Annual Report 2020, the Consolidated Financial Statements 2020 and 
the Statutory Financial Statements 2020 of LECLANCHE SA. 
1.2 Consultative Vote on the Compensation Report 2020 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to approve on a consultative basis the Compensation Report 2020. 
Explanation: In line with the recommendations of the Swiss Code of Best Practice for Corporate Governance, the Board of 
Directors is seeking your endorsement of the Compensation Report 2020 on a consultative basis. 
2. Discharge of the Board of Directors 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to discharge the members of the Board of Directors. 
3. Appropriation of Losses Resulting from the Balance Sheet 
Loss for the year 2020 CHF -79,137,532.79 
Loss carried forward from previous year CHF -17,525,909.79 
Total accumulated losses CHF -96,663,442.58 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: 
Dividend for the year 2020 0.00 
Balance to be carried forward CHF -96,663,442.58 
4. Elections Board of Directors 
4.1 Elections to the Board of Directors 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to re-elect the following members, each for a term of office until the end of the 
next Annual General Meeting of shareholders: 
- Mr. Stefan A. Müller 
- Mr. Toi Wai David Suen 
- Mr. Axel Joachim Maschka 
- Mr. Lluís M. Fargas Mas 
- Mr. Bénédict Fontanet** 
- Mr. Tianyi Fan** 
- Mr. Christophe Manset** 
** Mr. Bénédict Fontanet, Mr. Tianyi Fan and Mr. Christophe Manset are proposed for re-election at the request of 
SEFAM, the controlling shareholder of the Company. 
4.2 Election of the Chairman of the Board of Directors 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to re-elect Mr. Stefan A. Müller as Chairman of the Board of Directors for a term 
of office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting of shareholders. 
4.3 Elections to the Appointments and Remuneration Committee 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to elect the following members to the Appointments and Remuneration Committee, each 
for a term of office until the end of the next Annual General Meeting of shareholders: 
- Mr. Lluís M. Fargas Mas 
- Mr. Toi Wai David Suen 
- Mr. Tianyi Fan 
The Board of Directors intends to nominate Mr. Lluís M. Fargas Mas Chairman of the Appointments and Remuneration 
Committee, subject to his re-election as a member of the Appointments and Remuneration Committee. 
5. Election of the Auditors 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: to re-elect PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Pully as auditors for the financial year 
2021. 
6. Election of the Independent Representative 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: To re-elect Me. Manuel Isler, attorney-at-law, Geneva, as Independent 
Representative until the end of the next Annual General Meeting of shareholders. 
7. Partial amendment of the Articles of Association / Modification of the authorized share capital (Art. 3quater) 
Proposal of the Board of Directors: Following the expiry of Article 3^quater on 8 May 2021, the Board of Directors 
proposes to adopt a new Article 3^quater by setting the deadline for exercising the authorisation granted to the Board 
of Directors to increase the share capital until 30 June 2023 (authorised share capital), and setting the authorised 
share capital at a maximum of 60,000,000 shares and, in consequence, to amend Article 3^quater of the Articles of 
Association as follows: 
Current Version                                             Proposed Version (changes underlined) 
Article 3 quater :                                          Article 3 quater : 
The Board of Directors is authorized to increase the share  The Board of Directors is authorized to increase the share 
capital, at any time until 8 May 2021, by a maximum amount  capital, at any time until 30 June 2023, by a maximum 
of CHF 1,704,364.10 by issuing a maximum of 17,043,641      amount of CHF 6,000,000.00 by issuing a maximum of 
fully paid-up shares with a nominal value of CHF 0.10 each. 60,000,000 fully paid-up shares with a nominal value of CHF 
[.]                                                         0.10 each. [.] 
[The rest of paragraph 1 as well as paragraphs 2, 3 and 4   [The rest of paragraph 1 as well as paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 
remain unchanged.]                                          remain unchanged.]

Explanation: The provisions regarding the authorized share capital (article 3^quater) enable the Board of Directors to obtain funding for the Company and raise capital in an efficient, flexible and expeditious manner under specified circumstances and within a clear framework. In order to fully benefit from this flexibility, the Board of Directors proposes to adopt a new Article 3^quater, thereby on the one hand increasing the authorization to a maximum number of 60,000,000 registered shares and to extend the period of validity of the authorization granted to the Board of Directors by two years, in order to keep the flexibility. Indeed, the Board has mandated a leading New York based Investment Bank, which is running a structured process to raise growth capital to support the Company's business plan through to 2023. The Company needs to inject new growth capital by late Q3 and early Q4 2021 to continue to deliver its high growth business plan already communicated. This approval shall enable the Board to quickly secure the funding from the investors being arranged by the Investment Bank. An alternate process, that is to call an Extraordinary General Meeting ("EGM") to seek the creation of new shares, will take several weeks and will add further costs to the Company.

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