Leclanché SA: Leclanché update on fire at corporate headquarters in Switzerland on 22 May Dienstag, 23. Mai 2017 - 19:30

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Leclanché SA: Leclanché update on fire at corporate headquarters in
Switzerland on 22 May

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

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Leclanché update on fire at corporate headquarters in Switzerland on 22 May

All staff were evacuated and are safe. Alternative plan for business
continuity is being implemented.

Share trading of Leclanché resumed at 9 am CET this morning.

YVERDON LES BAINS, Switzerland, 23nd May 2017: Leclanché SA (SIX: LECN), one
of the world's leading energy storage solution companies, today provided an
update on the fire that took place and was extinguished yesterday at the
company's corporate headquarters at Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland.

All Leclanché personnel were evacuated quickly and safely from the fire,
which started in the lobby of Leclanché's office building and was caused by
a single third- party battery system using third-party battery cells, and
their proprietary modules and battery management software.

The fire was largely contained within Leclanché's lobby and it was brought
under control within two hours of it starting at 1130am.

The fire did not reach Leclanché's adjoining production building though
smoke was widely spread throughout the company's premises. The affected
areas are being cleaned by specialist personnel.

By yesterday evening, the fire department gave access to the property to
Leclanché's health and safety team and insurance company.

Anil Srivastava, CEO of Leclanché, said: "The health and safety of our
employees is our absolute priority and everyone was evacuated quickly and
safely. We now have specialist teams cleaning our facilities and ensuring
that they are safe.

"We anticipate a return to business as usual across most of the organisation
by early next week. In the meantime, all of our managers and team leaders
are available via email and mobile phones. We thank our customers and
suppliers for their kind messages of support and would like to assure them
that we will continue to provide them with our dedicated services, however
there might be a slight delay in our response this week for which we request
their understanding.

"Our heartfelt thanks goes to the emergency services, Yverdon les Bains's
municipal services as well as the other professional teams that we are
working with, for the tremendous support given to Leclanché and our
community. We would also like to thank our good neighbours, Boxer, for their
immediate and continued support."


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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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