EQS-News: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft / Keyword(s): General Meeting/Dividend General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG 2024 July 5th, 2024 / 5:01 p.m. CET/CEST The issuer/publisher is responsible for the content of the announcement. ════════════════════════════════════════ ══════════ ════════════════════════ Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG 2024 The 37th Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG decided today to pay a dividend for the financial year 2023|24 in the amount of €0.90 per share. This corresponds to the value of the previous year. AGRANA remains committed to a predictable, reliable and transparent dividend policy that is geared towards continuity. The distributions are based not only on the result, but also on the cash flow and the debt situation of the group while maintaining a solid balance sheet structure. AGRANA also takes current events and expected future business developments into account in its dividend policy. The members of the board, Mag. Stephan Büttner (Chairman), DI Dr. Norbert Harringer and Dr. Stephan Meeder and the members of the Supervisory Board were granted discharge at the Annual General Meeting for the 2023|24 financial year. The Annual General Meeting elected KPMG Austria GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Vienna, as the auditor for the 2024|25 financial year. At the Annual General Meeting, CEO Mag. Stephan Büttner presented the cornerstones of the “Next Level” group strategy that is currently being developed and explained: “Over decades, AGRANA has acquired enormous expertise in the processing of agricultural raw materials and as a provider of customer-specific solutions in the food and beverage industry . We can build on our access to agricultural raw materials and our global customer portfolio as further key strengths. In view of the current challenges that are particularly relevant for AGRANA, such as new nutritional trends, changing consumer behavior, geopolitical change or the energy transition, we are working intensively on bundling our competencies strategically and organizationally. It is important to optimize cost synergies and make better use of product-specific know-how in order to open up additional markets and customer groups. In the future, we will therefore concentrate on the commodity and specialty business with starch, sugar and fruit juice concentrate as well as on innovative food and beverage solutions with fruit preparations and natural flavors. In this way, we will increase our basic profitability, better absorb market fluctuations and ensure profitable growth for a successful future for our company.” For questions: Mag. (FH) Markus Simak Press spokesman +43 1 21137 12084 (1)markus.simak@agrana.com
Mag. (FH) Hannes Haider
Investor Relations Officer
+43 1 21137 12905
(2)hannes.haider@agrana.com This press release is available in German and English (3) www.agrana.com
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════════════════════════════════════════ ══════════ ════════════════════════ Language: German Company: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1 A-1020 Vienna Austria Telephone: +43-1-21137-0 Fax: +43-1-21137-12926 Email: investor.relations@agrana.com
Internet: www.agrana.com
ISIN: AT000AGRANA3 WKN: A2NB37 Stock exchanges: open market in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Vienna Stock Exchange (official trading) EQS News ID: 1940787 End of announcement EQS News Service 1940787 05.07.2024 CET/CEST References Visible links 1. markus.simak@agrana.com 2. hannes.haider@agrana.com
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