DGAP-Adhoc: Leclanché receives notification of sales from Golden Partner International SA SPF

Leclanché receives notification of sales from Golden Partner International SA SPF

EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Leclanché SA / Schlagwort(e): Sonstiges

Leclanché receives notification of sales from Golden Partner International

SA SPF

08.08.2016 / 13:26

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Leclanché receives notification of sales from Golden Partner International

SA SPF

- Three new shareholders purchase all shares from Golden Partner

International SA SPF.

- CEO of Golden Partner SA David Anthony Ishag remains on the Board Of

Directors and underlines his full support to the Company and to advise

the new group of shareholders.

YVERDON LES BAINS, Switzerland, 8th of August 2016: Leclanché SA has

received a notification in which BRIGHT CAP - European Securities, Golden

Partner Fund SICAV-SIF SA Global Balanced, and Avia SICAV-SIF - Gems Fund,

Investment Funds in Luxembourg have each respectively acquired 3'010'000;

2'100'000; and 6'638'821 shares in Leclanché from Golden Partner

International SA SPF.

The three purchasers have retained Golden Partner SA as their investment

adviser with regard to their shareholding in Leclanché.

They asked Golden Partner SA's CEO Mr David Anthony Ishag to stay on the

board of Leclanché and act as their common representative.

Commenting on these transactions, Mr David Anthony Ishag declared "I intend

to remain on the Board of Directors of Leclanché and play a constructive

role in the future success of the company including but not limited to

advising the purchasers in committing new funds to the current and future

capital raising of Leclanché."

Leclanché CEO Anil Srivastava commented "We welcome this sale, as it brings

diversified institutional funds into the capital of the Company, and thank

Golden Partner SA to assist in procuring further support to the Company's

growth plan."

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About Leclanché

Leclanché is a fully vertically integrated battery energy storage solution

provider. It delivers a wide range of turnkey energy storage solutions for

homes, small offices, large industries, electricity grids, as well as

hybridization for mass transport systems such as bus fleets and ferries.

Established in 1909, Leclanché has been a reliable partner for battery

energy storage solutions for over 100 years. Founded in the tradition of

Georges Leclanché, the inventor of the dry cell battery, Leclanché today

has a rich portfolio of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) that include

bespoke battery systems from industry leading lithium-ion solutions. Since

2006, the company moved from a traditional battery producer to become one

of the first developers, manufacturers and provided of lithium-ion cells in

Europe. Leclanché's BESS are optimized for various applications, in

particular for the integration of renewable energy, diesel fuel reduction,

electricity grid-connected ancillary services, peak power shaving for heavy

industries, as well as for heavy duty transportation in buses, trams,

trains or maritime vessels. Leclanché products are characterized by a very

high cycle stability (both for cells with titanate and graphite anodes) and

industry-leading long service life resulting into reduced total cost of

ownership. With its patented separator technology, which is a core element

of lithium-ion batteries, Leclanché is able to make cells with very good

safety characteristics, under a highly automated production process.

Leclanché operates a fully automated plant for the production of large

format lithium-ion cells at an annual maximum capacity of up to one million

cells and is capable of running multiple chemistries through production for

different cell characteristics. In addition, Leclanché offers a number of

specialized battery systems through its Portable Business Unit, such as

customer-specific energy storage systems for defence and medical

applications. Leclanché also distributes primary and secondary batteries

and accessories of other producers.

Leclanché is listed on the Swiss stock exchange. SIX Swiss Exchange: ticker

symbol LECN | ISIN CH 011 030 311 9

Disclaimer

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to

Leclanché's business, which can be identified by terminology such as

"strategic", "proposes", "to introduce", "will", "planned", "expected",

"commitment", "expects", "set", "preparing", "plans", "estimates", "aims",

"would", "potential", "awaiting", "estimated", "proposal", or similar

expressions, or by expressed or implied discussions regarding the ramp up

of Leclanché's production capacity, potential applications for existing

products, or regarding potential future revenues from any such products, or

potential future sales or earnings of Leclanché or any of its business

units.

You should not place undue reliance on these statements. Such forward-

looking statements reflect the current views of Leclanché regarding future

events, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other

factors that may cause actual results to be materially different from any

future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such

statements. There can be no guarantee that Leclanché's products will

achieve any particular revenue levels. Nor can there be any guarantee that

Leclanché, or any of the business units, will achieve any particular

financial results.

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Contacts

Hubert Angleys

Tel.: +41 (0) 24 424 65 00

E-Mail: invest.leclanche@leclanche.com

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Sprache: Deutsch

Unternehmen: Leclanché SA

Av. des Sports 42

1400 Yverdon-les-Bains

Schweiz

Telefon: +41 (24) 424 65-00

Fax: +41 (24) 424 65-20

E-Mail: investors@leclanche.com

Internet: www.leclanche.com

ISIN: CH0110303119, CH0016271550

Valorennummer: A1CUUB, 812950

Börsen: Auslandsbörse(n) SIX

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