LOTUS BAKERIES : 13/05/16 - Announcement of payment of the dividend

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Regulated information 13 May 2016 after market closing

LOTUS BAKERIES NV ANNOUNCEMENT OF PAYMENT OF THE DIVIDEND

The Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of 13 May 2016 has decided to allocate from the profit of the financial year 2015, a gross dividend per share of EUR 14.20.

The ex-dividend date is 19 May 2016. The dividend will be payable as from 23 May 2016 on surrender of coupon n° 28 at Degroof - Petercam, BNP Paribas Fortis, Belfius, ING Bank and KBC Bank.

Lotus Bakeries in a nutshell

Lotus Bakeries is active worldwide in the indulgent and healthy snacking segment with the Lotus, Lotus Biscoff, Lotus Dinosaurus, Lotus Suzy, Peijnenburg, Snelle Jelle, Annas, Nākd, Trek, BEAR and Urban Fruit brands. Lotus Bakeries, with headquarters in Belgium, is a dynamic, internationally oriented company with production facilities in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Sweden, and 17 own sales organizations in Europe, America and Asia. Lotus Bakeries also works with commercial partners in forty countries worldwide. Lotus Bakeries has approximately 1,350 employees. By maintaining a healthy balance between tradition and innovation, the Lotus brand indulges consumers with a unique range of high-quality, tasty products. With Peijnenburg and Snelle Jelle, the company is a market leader in gingerbread in the Netherlands. Under the Nākd, Trek, BEAR and Urban Fruit brands, Lotus Bakeries offers tasty snacks, manufactured from all-natural, unprocessed ingredients, with no added sugar. In 2015 the Group achieved a turnover of EUR 411.6 million. The shares of Lotus Bakeries are listed on Euronext Brussels.

For more information please contact:

Jan Boone - CEO Isabelle Maes - CFO

Tel. + 32 9 376 26 14 Tel. + 32 9 376 26 14

Further information on Lotus Bakeries can be found on www.lotusbakeries.com