Recticel

Regulatory Filings • Jan 23, 2017

Brussels, 23 January 2017 – 8:00 CET

PRODUCTION IN RECTICEL'S AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS MOST PLANT IN CZECH REPUBLIC STOPPED AFTER SERIOUS FIRE

Recticel announces that yesterday morning, Sunday 22 January 2017, a severe fire incident occurred in one of the production halls in its Automotive Interiors site in Most in the Czech Republic.

As far as can be ascertained at this stage, no one has been hurt.

For safety reasons, the authorities have closed down the plant, and production has been stopped completely.

Recticel is as of yet unable to assess the damage to the plant or the equipment, nor the full extent of the impact it will have on our production going forward.

Consequently, Recticel has declared force majeure to the customers of the Most plant.

During the force majeure period, Recticel will keep its customers informed about the situation and will cooperate with them in order to minimize to the extent possible the consequences of this unfortunate incident.

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Financial calendar

Annual Results 2016	27.02.2017 (before opening of the stock exchange)
First quarter 2017 trading update	26.04.2017 (before opening of the stock exchange)
Annual General Meeting	30.05.2017 (at 10:00 AM CET)
First half-year 2017 results	31.08.2017 (before opening of the stock exchange)
Third quarter 2017 trading update	31.10.2017 (before opening of the stock exchange

For additional information

RECTICEL - Olympiadenlaan 2, B-1140 Brussels (Evere)

PRESS INVESTOR RELATIONS

Mr Olivier Chapelle Mr Michel De Smedt Tel: +32 2 775 18 01 Mobile: +32 479 91 11 38

chapelle.olivier@recticel.com desmedt.michel@recticel.com

Recticel in a nutshell

Recticel is a Belgian Group with a strong European dimension, but it also operates in the rest of the world. Recticel employs about 7,600 people in 97 establishments in 27 countries.

Recticel contributes to daily comfort with foam filling for seats, mattresses and slat bases of top brands, insulation material, interior comfort for cars and an extensive range of other industrial and domestic applications.

Recticel is the Group behind well-known bedding brands (Beka®, Lattoflex®, Literie Bultex®, Schlaraffia®, Sembella®, Swissflex®, Superba®, Ubica®, etc.) and GELTEX® inside. Within the Insulation sub-segment highquality thermal insulation products are marketed under the well-known brands Eurowall®, Powerroof®, Powerdeck® and Powerwall®. Technological progress and innovation have led to breakthrough at the biggest names in the Automotive industry thanks to Colofast®, Colosense® and Colosense Lite®.

In 2015 Recticel achieved combined sales of EUR 1.33 billion (IFRS 11 consolidated sales: EUR 1.03 billion).

Recticel (Euronext: REC – Reuters: RECTt.BR – Bloomberg: REC:BB) is listed on Euronext in Brussels.

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