Sartorius: the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board Propose to Pay Dividends at the Previous Year’s Level

At today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of Sartorius AG (FWB:SRT) resolved to submit a proposal to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 21, 2010, to pay the dividends in the same amounts as in the previous year: 0.42 euro per preference share and 0.40 euro per ordinary share.

This press release contains statements about the future development of the Sartorius Group.

The content of these statements cannot be guaranteed as they are based on assumptions and estimates that harbor certain risks and uncertainties.

Upcoming Financial Dates:

March 9, 2010Annual press conference in Goettingen, Germany

April 2009Publication of 2010 first-quarter report

April 21, 2010Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in Goettingen, Germany

A Profile of Sartorius

The Sartorius Group is a leading international laboratory and process technology provider covering the segments of biotechnology and mechatronics. In 2009, the technology group earned sales revenue of 602.1 million euros. Founded in 1870, the Goettingen-based company currently employs approximately 4,350 persons. The major areas of activity in its biotechnology segment focus on fermentation, filtration, purification, fluid management and laboratory applications. In the mechatronics segment, the company primarily manufactures equipment and systems featuring weighing, measurement and automation technology for laboratory and industrial applications.

Key Sartorius customers are from the pharmaceutical, chemical and food and beverage industries and from numerous research and educational institutes of the public sector. Sartorius has its own production facilities in Europe, Asia and America as well as sales subsidiaries and local commercial agencies in more than 110 countries.