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 to the 29th Annual General Meeting

We would like to invite our shareholders to the 29th Annual General
Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft on Friday, 1 July
2016, at 11:00 a.m. CET, at Raiffeisen Forum, A-1020 Vienna,
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Raiffeisen-Platz 1.

Agenda

1. Presentation of the financial statements, the management report,
the corporate governance report, the consolidated financial
statements, the group management report, the proposed appropriation
of profits and the report of the Supervisory Board for the 2015/16
financial year.

2. Resolution on the appropriation of profits.

3. Resolution on the formal approval of the actions of the members of
the Management Board for the 2015/16 financial year.

4. Resolution on the formal approval of the actions of the members of
the Supervisory Board for the 2015/16 financial year.

5. Resolution on the remuneration received by the members of the
Supervisory Board.

6. Appointment of the Auditors and the Group Auditors for the 2016/17
financial year.

DOCUMENTS FOR THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

In particular, the following documents will be presented on the
company's websites www.agrana.com and
www.agrana.com/en/investor/annual-general-meeting/ no later than 10
June 2016: - Financial statements - Consolidated financial statements
and summary management report - Corporate governance report -
Proposal for the appropriation of profits - Report of the Supervisory
Board. each for the 2015/16 financial year; - Proposed resolutions
concerning items 2 through 6 of the agenda - Form for granting proxy
- Form for granting proxy to a representative of the IVA - Form for
the revocation of a proxy - Full text of this invitation.

NOTICE TO THE RIGHTS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 109,
110, 118 AND 119 OF THE AUSTRIAN STOCK CORPORATION ACT

Addition of Agenda Items by Shareholders

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 are included in the Agenda for this Annual General
Meeting, and that an announcement is made in this respect, provided
such request is received by the Company in writing no later than 10
June 2016, at A-1020 Vienna, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Raiffeisen-Platz 1,
Attn. Mrs. Mag. Gertraud Wöber, General Secretary. Each Agenda item
requested in this manner must include a proposed resolution and an
explanatory statement. Shareholder ownership must be proven by
submission of a safe custody receipt pursuant to Section 10a of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act, which confirms that the applicant
shareholders have owned shares for a period of at least three months
prior to the application, and which must have been issued no more
than seven days prior to its submission to the Company. The other
requirements for the safe custody receipt are included in the
statements concerning the entitlement to participation.

Resolutions for the Agenda Proposed by Shareholders

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, to be made
available on the website of the Company, provided such written
request is received by the Company no later than 22 June 2016, by fax
to +43 (0)1 21137 12055, by mail to A-1020 Vienna,
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Raiffeisen-Platz 1, Attn. Mrs. Mag. Gertraud Wöber,
General Secretary, or by email to gertraud.woeber@agrana.com, whereby
the written proposal shall be attached to the email in text format,
e.g. as a PDF. Shareholder ownership must be proven through the
submission of a safe custody receipt pursuant to Section 10a of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act, which must have been issued no more
than seven days prior to its submission. The other requirements for
the safe custody receipt are included in the statements concerning
the entitlement to participation in the Annual General Meeting.

Right to Information

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, to cause 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 to which an answer may
require lengthy preparation must be submitted by 30 June 2016, at
4:00 p.m., to the Management Board, Attn. Mrs. Mag. Gertraud Wöber,
General Secretary, by fax to +43 (0)1 21137 12055 or by email to
gertraud.woeber@agrana.com.

Annual General Meeting Proposals

Irrespective of their specific number of shares, all shareholders are
authorised to make proposals pertaining to each item on the Agenda at
the Annual General Meeting. The prerequisite for this is the proof of
eligibility within the meaning of the convocation.

Information on the Website

Further information on these shareholder rights pursuant to Sections
109, 110, 118 and 119 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act is now
available on the Company's website 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 based on
the shareholdings at the end of day on 21 June 2016 (record date).
Only persons who hold shares on the record date and provide evidence
thereof shall be entitled to participate in the Annual General
Meeting. The ownership of the shares held on the record date must be
proven by a safe custody receipt pursuant to Section 10a of the
Austrian Stock Corporation Act, which must be received by the Company
no later than 28 June 2016 exclusively at one of the addresses shown
below.

By mail or carrier: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft Attn. Mrs.
Mag. Gertraud Wöber General Secretary
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Raiffeisen-Platz 1 A-1020 Vienna By fax: +43 (0)1
8900 500 - 58 By email: anmeldung.agrana@hauptversammlung.at; whereby
the safe custody receipt shall be attached to the email in text
format, e.g. as a PDF. By SWIFT: GIBAATWGGMS (Message Type MT598;
ISIN AT0000603709 must be specified in the text)

Safe Custody Receipt Pursuant to Section 10a of the Austrian Stock
Corporation Act

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

The safe custody receipt as evidence of the shareholding in order to
participate in the Annual General Meeting must refer to the record
date stated above, i.e. 21 June 2016.

The safe custody receipt shall be accepted in German or in English.

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 with the same rights
as the shareholder whom the proxy represents. Proxy must be granted
to a specific person (an individual or a legal entity) in writing.
Multiple persons may also be granted proxy.

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

By mail or carrier: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft Attn. Mrs.
Mag. Gertraud Wöber General Secretary
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Raiffeisen-Platz 1 A-1020 Vienna By fax: +43 (0)1
8900 500 - 58 By email: anmeldung.agrana@hauptversammlung.at; whereby
the safe custody receipt shall be attached to the email in text
format, e.g. as a PDF. In person: Upon registration for the Annual
General Meeting at the meeting venue.

Forms for the granting and revocation of proxy are available upon
request or can be downloaded from the Company's website at
www.agrana.com. If the proxy is not personally presented on the day
of the Annual General Meeting, it must be submitted to the Company by
30 June 2016 at 4:00 p.m. at the latest. The above rules on the
granting of proxy shall apply mutatis mutandis to the revocation of
the same.

INDEPENDENT VOTING REPRESENTATIVES

As a special service to the shareholders, a representative from the
Investor's Association (Interessenverband für Anleger, IVA), A-1130
Vienna, Feldmühlgasse 22, will be available as an independent
representative for the exercise of voting rights, subject to
instructions, at the Annual General Meeting; for this, a special
proxy form can be downloaded from the Company's website at
www.agrana.com. In addition, you may also contact Mr. Dr. Michael
Knap from IVA directly at tel. +43 (0)1 8763343-30, fax +43 (0)1
8763343-39, or email michael.knap@iva.or.at.

TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES AND VOTING RIGHTS

At the Annual General Meeting convening date, the share capital of
the Company, amounting to EUR 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 no
treasury shares. Twenty-five shares pursuant to Section 67 in
conjunction with Section 262 (29) of the Austrian Stock Corporation
Act have been declared cancelled. At the convening date of the Annual
General Meeting, the total number of participating and voting shares
is 14,202,015.

In order to ensure that the admission checks run 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 a.m.

Shareholders who have not received either entry tickets or copies of
the safe custody receipts from their custodian banks are requested to
bring an official form of valid photographic identification to the
Annual General Meeting.

Vienna, June 2016

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) Markus Simak
Public Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084
e-mail: markus.simak@agrana.com

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issuer: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien
phone: +43-1-21137-0
FAX: +43-1-21137-12926
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