euro adhoc: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG / Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes) / New member of the Board of Management - Supervisory Board appoints Fritz Gattermayer effective January 1, 2009 and confirms investment programme of approx. EUR 75m for the current fiscal year 2008|09 (E)

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13.11.2008

In its meeting on November 13, 2009, AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG´s Supervisory Board
elected Fritz Gattermayer a new member of the company´s Board of Management
effective January 1, 2009. The 51-year old agricultural economist will join the
current Board of Management consisting of its Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, Johann Marihart, Chief Financial Officer,
Walter Grausam, and Thomas Kölbl, as its fourth member.

Fritz Gattermayer joined AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG in 1992. Most recently he was
the Chief Executive Officer of the Group´s Sugar segment. As a member of AGRANA
Beteiligungs-AG´s Board of Management, Fritz Gattermayer will be responsible for
Purchasing and Sales, as well as Raw Materials.

The Supervisory Board has decided to increase the number of members of the Board
of Management in order to keep pace with the Company´s dynamic development in
the last years, and to signal the continuation of its strategy in the future. In
the fiscal year 2008|09 AGRANA expects its total revenues to increase from EUR
1.9 billion to EUR 2.1 billion. Following the massive investment programme in
the last two years, the Company will reach its normalised capital expenditure
level of approx. EUR 75 million in the current fiscal year.

This press release is available in German and English on the Internet at
www.agrana.com.

Further inquiry note:
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
Mag. Maria Fally
Investor Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12905
e-mail:[email protected]

Mag. Ulrike Pichler
Public Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084
e-mail:[email protected]

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emitter: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
Donau-City-Straße 9
A-1220 Wien
phone: +43-1-21137-0
FAX: +43-1-21137-12045
mail: [email protected]
WWW: www.agrana.com
sector: Food
ISIN: AT0000603709
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime
stockmarkets: Präsenzhandel: Börse Berlin, Börse Frankfurt, Börse Stuttgart,
official market: Wiener Börse AG
language: English

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