EQS-PVR: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 135, Section 2 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution

2. Reason for the notification: Other

3. Person subject to notification obligation
Acting in concert agreement (Sec. 133 No. 1 BörseG 2018)

4. Name of shareholder(s): 

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:

? Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.

? Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity:

9. In case of proxy voting

Date of general meeting: -

Voting rights after general meeting: - is equivalent to - voting rights.

10. Further comments:

1. This Major holdings notification is issued in connection with the execution of a demerger and transfer agreement between RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte Genossenschaft m.b.H. (RHO) and RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG (RLB NÖ-W AG) on 6 August 2026, according to which, in accordance with Sec. 21 GenSpaltG, amongst other things, RHO’s shareholdings shall be transferred to RLB NÖ-W AG. The demerger and transfer are subject to conditions precedent. Upon the effectiveness of the demerger, RLB NÖ-W AG will acquire the AGRANA shares held directly by RHO and RHO’s shareholdings in 'ALMARA' Holding GmbH (ALMARA) and 'LAREDO' Beteiligungs GmbH (LAREDO), and will become a party to the syndicate agreement (point 10.6.).

2. The demerger and transfer agreement establishes a financial instrument of RLB NÖ-W AG and, thus, an interest in voting rights of RLB NÖ-W AG pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 and No. 2 BörseG 2018 totaling 49,907,088 (79.87 %), meaning that the thresholds of 4 % to 75 % are crossed. Of this interest in voting rights, 0.24 % relates to the AGRANA shares held by RHO and 79.62 % to the voting rights held by AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG (ABH) (see points 10.3. and 10.6.).

3. AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG (ABH) holds (as previously) 48,955,088 shares, corresponding to an interest in voting rights of 78.34 % (Sec. 130 para. 1 BörseG 2018), and a call option to purchase 800,000 AGRANA shares from Südzucker (7.B.1.), corresponding to a relevant interest in voting rights of 1.28 % (Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018). ABH’s total relevant interest in voting rights corresponds to 79.62 %.

4. Südzucker holds (as previously) 1,713,716 shares, corresponding to a relevant interest in voting rights of 2.74 % from directly held shares (Sec. 130 para. 1 BörseG 2018), whereby these shares are not attributed under the shareholders’ agreement (point 10.6.). This also includes the 800,000 shares (1.28 %) for the acquisition of which Südzucker has granted ABH a call option (10.3.).

5. The voting rights held by Südzucker and ABH are to be attributed to Südzucker through the shareholding in ABH and as a party to the shareholders’ agreement (point 10.6.) (Sec. 133 No. 1 and No. 4 BörseG 2018), and to Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG through its shareholding in Südzucker (Sec. 133 No. 4 BörseG 2018). The total relevant interest in voting rights corresponds to 82.36 % (Sec. 130, 131 BörseG 2018). The call option (point 10.3.) relates to AGRANA shares directly held by Südzucker. The shares subject to the call option are therefore double-counted in the total relevant interest in voting rights of 82.36 %. The ‘adjusted’ total interest in voting rights is 81.08 %.

6. There is a shareholders’ agreement between Südzucker and Zucker-Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. (ZBG). As direct and indirect shareholders of ZBG, RHO and the companies controlled directly and indirectly by RHO, ALMARA, Marchfelder Zuckerfabriken Gesellschaft m.b.H. (MZ) and LEIPNIK-LUNDENBURGER INVEST Beteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft (LLI), have entered into the shareholders’ agreement. RHO’s total relevant interest in voting rights amounts to 79.87 % (attributed and direct shares, see 8. above); the voting rights of ABH (point 10.3.) are attributed in each case (Sec. 133 No. 1, No. 4 BörseG 2018).