EANS-General Meeting: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG / Invitation to the General Meeting

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AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
Vienna, FN 99489 h
ISIN AT0000603709

Invitation

We would like to invite our shareholders to the 25th Annual General
Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft on Monday, July
2nd, 2012, at 11:00 AM, at Tech Gate Vienna, A-1220 Vienna,
Donau-City-Straße 1, Meeting Room 0.1

Agenda

* Presentation of the approved Financial Statements and Notes and the
Consolidated Financial Statements as of February 29th, 2012, as well
as of the Management Report and the Summary Management Report,
including the Corporate Governance Report and the Report of the
Supervisory Board for the financial year 2011/2012.

* Resolution on the appropriation of profits.

* Resolution on the formal approval of the actions of the members of
the Management Board for the financial year 2011/2012.

* Resolution on the formal approval of the action of the members of
the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2011/2012.

* Resolution pertaining to the remuneration received by the members
of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2011/2012.

* Election of the new Supervisory Board

* Appointment of the Auditors and the Group Auditors for the
financial year 2012/2013.

Documents for the Annual General Meeting

In particular, the following documents will be presented on the
company's website at {www.agrana.com}[HYPERLINK:
http://www.agrana.com] no later than June 11th, 2012 and will also be
available at the Annual General Meeting: * Financial statements; *
Consolidated Financial Statements and Summary Management Report, *
Proposal for the appropriation of profits; * Corporate Governance
Report; and * Report of the Supervisory Board

for the financial year 2011/2012; and

* Proposed resolutions concerning items 2 - 7 of the agenda; and *
Statement of the persons proposed for election as members of the
Supervisory Board pursuant to §87 II of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act (AktG); * Form sheet for granting proxy; * Form for
the revocation of a proxy; * Full text of the present Notice.

Notice of the rights of the shareholders pursuant to §§ 109, 110, 118
and 119 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act

Shareholders whose shares together amount to at least 5 % of the
share capital and who have been holders of these shares for a period
of at least three months before the application may request in
writing that additional items be included into the agenda for this
Annual General Meeting, and that an announcement be made in this
respect, provided such request is received by the Company in writing
no later than June 11th, 2012, at A-1220 Vienna, Donau-City-Straße 9,
Attn. Mrs. Gertraud Wöber, General Secretary. Each agenda item thus
requested must include a proposed resolution and an explanatory
statement. In the case of deposited bearer shares, a safe custody
receipt pursuant to §10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act shall
serve as the required proof of ownership of the relevant share with a
view to exercising the shareholder's rights; such receipt shall state
that the applicant has been a shareholder for at least three months
before his/her application, without any interruption, and shall be
issued no later than seven days before its presentation to the
Company. The other requirements for the safe custody receipt are
included in the statements concerning the entitlement to
participation in the Annual General Meeting.

Shareholders whose shares together amount to at least 1 % of the
share capital may submit written proposals for resolutions including
an explanatory statement for any item on the agenda, and may request
any such proposal, including the explanatory statement and a possible
opinion thereon by the Management Board or the Supervisory Board, to
be made available on the website of the Company, provided such
written proposal is received by the Company no later than June 21st,
2012, via fax to +43 1 21137 12940, or via mail to A-1220 Vienna,
Donau-City-Straße 9. Attn. Mrs. Gertraud Wöber, General Secretary, or
by email to {gertraud.woeber@agrana.com,}[HYPERLINK:
mailto:gertraud.woeber@agrana.com,] whereby the written proposal
shall be attached to the email in text format, e.g. as PDF. In case
of a proposal for the election of a member of the Supervisory Board,
the statement of the proposed person pursuant to §87IIof the Austrian
Stock Corporation Act shall take the place of the explanatory
statement. In the case of deposited bearer shares, a safe custody
receipt pursuant to §10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act shall
serve as the required proof of ownership of the relevant share with a
view to exercising the shareholder's right; such receipt shall be
issued no later than seven days before its presentation to the
Company. The other requirements for the safe custody receipt are
included in the statements concerning the entitlement to
participation in the Annual General Meeting.

In the case of non-deposited bearer shares, the written confirmation
on the part of a notary public shall suffice, provided it comprises
the essential information stated above in the context of the safe
custody receipt.

Upon request, every shareholder shall be entitled to receive
information on the affairs of the Company during the Annual General
Meeting, to the extent that such information is necessary for the
proper assessment of an item on the agenda. The information may be
withheld, should it be deemed to have the potential, on the basis of
a reasonable business assessment, for causing significant harm to the
Company or any associated enterprise, or should its disclosure
provide reason for legal proceedings.

To ensure the effectiveness of the Annual General Meeting, any
questions whose answers may require a lengthy preparation shall be
submitted by June 29th, 2012 to the Management Board, Attn. Mrs.
Gertraud Wöber, General Secretary, via fax to +43 1 21137 12940 or by
email to {gertraud.woeber@agrana.com}[HYPERLINK:
mailto:gertraud.woeber@agrana.com].

Every shareholder shall be entitled to propose at the Annual General
Meeting motions relating to any Item of the agenda. Candidates for
election to the Supervisory Board (agenda item 6) may be proposed
only by shareholders whose shares together amount to at least 1% of
the share capital. Such proposals for elections must be submitted to
the Company in the manner described above, no later than June 21st,
2012. Any proposal for election shall be accompanied by the statement
by the proposed person pursuant § 87 II of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act, detailing that person's professional skills and
job-related or other comparable functions, as well as any
circumstances that might give reason for concerns of bias or
prejudice.

Further information on these shareholder rights pursuant to §§ 109,
110, 118 and 119 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act is now
available on the Company's website {www.agrana.com}[HYPERLINK:
http://www.agrana.com].

RECORD DATE AND PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The entitlement to participate in the Annual General Meeting and to
exercise the voting right and any other rights of shareholders to be
asserted in connection with the Annual General Meeting is subject to
holding shares at the end of June 22nd, 2012 (record date).

Only persons who are holding shares on the record date and provide
evidence thereof shall be entitled to participate in the Annual
General Meeting.

Bearer shares held in a deposit

In case of deposited bearer shares, holding of shares on the record
date may be evidenced by a safe custody receipt in accordance with
§10a of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act, to be received by the
Company no later than June 27th, 2012, exclusively at any of the
addresses stated below.

Via mail: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft

(in written form submitted to Mrs. Gertraud Wöber
pursuant to § General Secretary
886 of the Austrian Donau-City-Straße 9
Civil Code) A-1220 Vienna

Via fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 58 Via email:
anmeldung.agrana@hauptversammlung.at, where the safe custody receipt
shall be attached to the email in text format, e.g. as PDF

Bearer shares not held in a deposit

In case of non-deposited bearer shares, a written confirmation by an
Austrian notary public, sent to the Company exclusively to one of the
addresses listed above, shall be sufficient.

The following dispositions shall apply mutatis mutandis to the
notarial confirmation content (with the exception of the deposit
number).

Confirmation of deposit according to §10a of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act

The confirmation of deposit must be issued by the custodian bank
headquartered in a state which must be either a member state of the
European Economic Area or a full member of the OECD, and shall
contain the following data: * Information about the issuer: name and
address or a code used for transactions between banks; * Information
about the shareholder: name, address, date of birth for individuals,
register and register number for legal entities, if applicable; *
Information about the shares: number of the share or shares held by
the shareholder, ISIN AT0000603709; * Deposit number and/or any other
description; * Time to which the safe custody receipt refers.

The confirmation of deposit as evidence for the shareholding must
refer to the record date stated above, i.e. June 22nd, 2012.

The confirmation of deposit will be accepted in German or in English.

An exemplary confirmation of deposit will be provided online at
www.agrana.com.

Shareholders shall not be blocked by their registration for the
Annual General Meeting and/or submission of a safe custody receipt;
therefore, shareholders may still freely dispose of their shares even
after they are registered and/or have submitted a safe custody
receipt.

AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft will not receive confirmations
and statements under §114I of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act via
an international, specifically secured communication network of
credit institutions (SWIFT), since other electronic means of
communication (fax and email) have been opened instead. This is
because AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft has offered SWIFT for
electronic communication in each of the previous two meetings, but
the custodian banks have not made significant use thereof.

REPRESENTATION BY PROXY

Each shareholder entitled to participate in the Annual General
Meeting has the right to appoint a proxy to participate in the Annual
General Meeting in the name of this shareholder and with the same
rights as the shareholder whom the proxy represents.

Proxy shall be granted to a person (an individual or a legal entity)
in writing. Multiple persons may be authorized.

The proxy must be received by the Company exclusively at any of the
addresses listed below:

Via mail: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
(in writing) Attn. Mrs. Gertraud Wöber
General Secretary
Donau-City-Straße 9
A-1220 Vienna
Via fax: +43 (1) 8900 500 - 58

Via email: anmeldung.agrana@hauptversammlung.at, where the safe custody
receipt shall be attached to the email in text format, e.g. as PDF

In person: upon registration for the Annual General Meeting at the venue
for the meeting

Forms for granting and revocation of authorization are available upon
request or can be downloaded from the Company's website at
{www.agrana.com}[HYPERLINK: http://www.agrana.com].

Insofar as the proxy is not personally presented at the date of the
Annual General Meeting, it must be submitted to the Company by June
29th, 2012 at 4:00 PM at the latest.

The above rules on granting of proxy shall apply mutatis mutandis to
the revocation of the same.

Total number of shares and interim certificates

At the Annual General Meeting convening date, the share capital of
the Company, amounting to E 103,210,249.78, is divided into
14,202,040 bearer shares (shares). Each share holds one vote. At the
convening date of the Annual General Meeting, the Company holds own
shares neither directly nor indirectly. At the convening date of the
Annual General Meeting, the total number of participating and voting
shares is 14,202,040. There is only one class of shares.

In order to ensure that the entrance control runs smoothly, we would
like to ask the shareholders to arrive in due time before the
beginning of the Annual General Meeting. Admission for the collection
of voting cards shall start at 10:00 AM.

Shareholders which have received either entry cards or copies of the
safe custody receipts from their custodian banks shall be requested
to produce an official, valid photo for identification at the Annual
General Meeting.

Vienna, June 2012

The Management Board

Further inquiry note:
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
Mag.(FH) Hannes Haider
Investor Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12905
e-mail: hannes.haider@agrana.com

Mag.(FH) Christine Göller
Public Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084
e-mail:christine.goeller@agrana.com

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