Lonza Group Investor Presentation — January 2018

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Lonza Reports Record -Breaking Full -Year

Results 2017 with Double -Digit Lonza

Standalone Sales Growth and More than

26% CORE EBIT Growth in a Major

Transformational Year

Corporate | FYR 2017 | 31 January 2018Richard Ridinger –CEO

Rodolfo Savitzky –CFOLonza Group Ltd has its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, and is listed on the SIX

Swiss Exchange. It has a secondary listing on the Singapore Exchange Securities

Trading Limited (“SGX -ST”). Lonza Group Ltd is not subject to the SGX -ST’s

continuing listing requirements but remains subject to Rules 217 and 751 of the SGX -

Forward -looking statements contained herein are qualified in their entirety as there

are certain factors that could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated.

Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact (including

statements containing the words “outlook”, "guidance", “believes,” “plans,”

“anticipates,” “expects,” “estimates” and similar expressions) should be considered to

be forward -looking statements. Investors are cautioned that all forward -looking

statements involve risks and uncertainty.

There are a number of important factors that could cause actual results or events to

differ materially from those indicated by such forward -looking statements, including

the timing and strength of new product offerings; pricing strategies of competitors;

the company’s ability to continue to receive adequate products from its vendors on acceptable terms, or at all, and to continue to obtain sufficient financing to meet its

liquidity needs; difficulty to maintain relationships with employees, customers and

other business partners; and changes in the political, social and regulatory

framework in which the company operates, or in economic or technological trends or

conditions, including currency fluctuations, inflation and consumer confidence, on a

global, regional or national basis.

In particular, the assumptions underlying Outlook 2018 and Mid -Term Guidance 2022

herein may not prove to be correct. The statements in Outlook 2018 and Mid -Term

Guidance 2022 constitute forward -looking statements and are not guarantees of

future financial performance. Lonza’s actual results of operations could deviate

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