Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG: Annual General Meeting resolves to distribute unchanged dividend of EUR 1.50 per share

Ternitz/Vienna, 23 April 2014. This year's Annual General Meeting of Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG (SBO), listed on the ATX segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange, resolved to distribute, for fiscal 2013, an unchanged dividend from last year amounting to EUR 1.50, of which EUR 0.50 are attributed to the basic dividend and EUR 1.00 to the bonus. The ex-dividend and dividend payment date was set at 8 May 2014.

The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board were granted discharge for fiscal 2013. The existing share buyback programme was renewed. Furthermore, an anticipatory resolution was passed for the next five years to issue new shares for a maximum volume of 10 % of the existing share capital.
At the elections to the Supervisory Board, Mag. Brigitte Ederer was elected as a new member for a term of five years. Dipl. Ing. Mag. Helmut Langanger, whose Supervisory Board mandate ended at this year's Annual General Meeting by draw, was reappointed for another five years.

For the current fiscal year, SST Schwarz & Schmid Wirtschaftsprüfungsges.m.b.H. Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft was appointed auditor of the annual financial statements of the company, and Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft m.b.H. was appointed auditor of the consolidated financial statements.

Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG is the global market leader in high-precision components for the oilfield service industry. The business focus is on non-magnetic drillstring components for directional drilling. Worldwide, SBO has employed a workforce of 1574 as at 31 December 2013 (31 December 2012: 1591), thereof 435 in Ternitz/Austria and 607 in North America (including Mexico).

Further inquiry note:
Florian Schütz, Head of Investor Relations
Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG
A-2630 Ternitz, Hauptstraße 2
Phone: +43 2630/315 ext 251, fax ext 501
e-mail: f.schuetz@sbo.co.at