Leclanché SA: Fire at Leclanché's offices extinguished. All staff are safe. Alternative business continuity plan is being implemented. Montag, 22. Mai 2017 - 19:31

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Leclanché SA: Fire at Leclanché's offices extinguished. All staff are safe.
Alternative business continuity plan is being implemented.

22-May-2017 / 18:30 CET/CEST
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR

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Fire at Leclanché's offices extinguished. All staff are safe. Alternative
business continuity plan is being implemented.

Share trading of Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN) suspended

YVERDON LES BAINS, Switzerland, 22nd May 2017: Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN), one
of the world's leading energy storage solution companies, reports that a
fire started in the lobby of its corporate headquarters at
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, at 1130 this morning. The fire was
extinguished by the fire service by 1330. There were no Leclanché casualties
and everyone in the building and the adjacent school was evacuated safely
and quickly. Leclanché is implementing its business continuity plan.

The fire was started by a third party battery system in the lobby of
Leclanché's office building. The fire authorities have advised that
Leclanché's production building is safe. The due process of checking for any
potential contamination will be carried out over the next few days before
business can be resumed in full.

The emergency services remain on site at Leclanché in Yverdon-les-Bains and
the company will provide a further update as soon as possible.

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About Leclanché

Leclanché is one of the world's leading, vertically integrated, energy
storage solution providers. It delivers a wide range of energy storage
solutions for homes, small offices, industry, electricity grids, as well as
solutions for transport such as electric buses and marine applications.
Established in 1909, Leclanché has been a trusted provider of battery energy
storage solutions for over 100 years.

Leclanché is listed on the Swiss stock exchange, and is the only listed,
pure-play, energy storage company in the world.

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

Media contacts:

Desirée Maghoo
T: +44 (0)7775 522740
E-mail:dmaghoo@questorconsulting.com

Simon Barker
T:+44 (0)7866 314331
E-mail: sbarker@questorconsulting.com

Investor and analyst contacts :

Anil Srivastava / Hubert Angleys
E-Mail: invest.leclanche@leclanche.com


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