Dividend of EUR 0.35 per share proposed

paragon AG / Key word(s): Dividend 04.04.2013 10:06 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Delbrück, April 4, 2013: In their meeting today, the Supervisory Board and Managing Board of paragon AG decided to submit a joint proposal for the appropriation of the Company's profit for the 2012 financial year. The Managing Board had originally proposed a profit appropriation that contained a dividend of EUR 0.25 per dividend-bearing no-par-value share. However, the Supervisory Board voted in its meeting on April 4, 2013 to propose a profit appropriation which, in addition to the dividend of EUR 0.25 per dividend-bearing share, contained a special dividend of EUR 0.10 on the occasion of paragon's 25th anniversary, which would make a total of EUR 0.35 per share. The Managing Board goes along with the Supervisory Board's proposal. This joint proposal for the appropriation of profit will be put to a vote at the Company's annual general meeting being held at the Stadthalle in Delbrück on May 15 this year. Portrait Listed in the Prime Standard segment of the German Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, paragon AG develops, produces and markets innovative solutions in the field of automotive electronics. The portfolio of the direct supplier to the automotive industry includes products in the business segments sensors, acoustics, cockpit, electromobility and body works kinematics. An outstanding product is the air quality sensor AQS, which is by far the world market leader. In addition to its headquarters in Delbrück (North Rhine-Westfalia), paragon maintains branches in Suhl (Thuringia), Nuremberg (Bavaria) and St. Georgen (Baden-Württemberg) and a sales office in Shanghai (China). Contact paragon AG Schwalbenweg 29 33129 Delbrück Tel.: +49 (0) 52 50 - 97 62-0 Fax: +49 (0) 52 50 - 97 62-60 Internet: www.paragon.ag E-Mail: info@paragon.ag Press officer Matthias Hack Tel.: +49 (0) 52 50 - 97 62-141 Mobile: +49 (0) 162 1010724 Fax: +49 (0) 52 50 - 97 62-60 E-Mail: matthias.hack@paragon.ag 04.04.2013 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: paragon AG Schwalbenweg 29 33129 Delbrück Germany Phone: +49 (0)5250 97 62 - 0 Fax: +49 (0)5250 97 62 - 60 E-mail: investor@paragon.ag Internet: www.paragon.ag ISIN: DE0005558696 WKN: 555869 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------