EQS-Ad-hoc: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s):
Takeover/Strategic Company Decision
AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft: AGRANA resolves to fully acquire
AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH
30-May-2025 / 10:56 CET/CEST
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AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT
Publication of insider information pursuant to Article 17 MAR
Vienna, 30 May 2025
AGRANA resolves to fully acquire AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG (AGRANA), Vienna, has resolved to indirectly
acquire a further 49.99% of the shares in AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH (AUSTRIA
JUICE), Kröllendorf/Allhartsberg, Austria. These shares are currently
indirectly held by RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG (RWA). Following the
transaction, for which all necessary resolutions on the part of the
executive bodies of AGRANA and RWA have now been passed, AGRANA will
subsequently hold 100% of shares in AUSTRIA JUICE. The associated contract
is due to be signed in the near future.
AUSTRIA JUICE is among the world’s leading producers of apple juice and
berry juice concentrates as well as producing natural flavours, beverage
bases and not-from-concentrate juices for the downstream beverage and food
processing industry. The company operates 13 production sites in Austria,
Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and China, employs around 1,000
personnel and generated revenues of approximately € 330 million in its
2024|25 financial year.
As of today, AGRANA indirectly holds 50.01% of the shares in AUSTRIA JUICE
and the business operations of this subsidiary have already been fully
consolidated in the Group’s Fruit segment. Through this acquisition and in
line with its NEXT LEVEL Group strategy, AGRANA aims to more tightly
integrate AUSTRIA JUICE into its own Group. This offers strategic
advantages such as facilitating the global expansion of its beverage bases
and aroma business activities worldwide. The intention is also to leverage
organisational synergies and potential cost savings.
Following the signing of the share purchase agreement and anti-trust
approval from the competent public authorities, the aim is to close the
transaction by the end of calendar year 2025. The purchase price for the
49.99% shareholding amounts to € 54.7 million.
This announcement is available in German and English at (1)www.agrana.com.
End of Inside Information
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Language: English
Company: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien
Austria
Phone: +43-1-21137-0
Fax: +43-1-21137-12926
E-mail: investor.relations@agrana.com
Internet: www.agrana.com
ISIN: AT000AGRANA3
WKN: A2NB37
Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Vienna Stock Exchange
(Official Market)
EQS News ID: 2148198
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