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AGRANA launches joint venture in Egypt

AGRANA will expand its presence in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) with a production plant in Egypt in addition to its existing facilities in Turkey and South Africa.

AGRANA substantially improves profitability in first nine months

AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, in the third quarter of the 2009|10 financial year continued the good trend of the first six months

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AGRANA - Results of first six months confirm stable business trend

The international sugar, starch and fruit company, AGRANA, showed a stable and satisfactory business performance in the first half of the 2009|10 financial year.

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AGRANA: Significant earnings improvement in the first quarter of 2009|10

In the first quarter of 2009|10, AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of € 11.1 million or 2.2% to € 506.2 million (prior year: € 495.1 million)

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AGRANA AGM approves unchanged dividend

The Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to pay a dividend unchanged from the prior year – of € 1.95 per share for the completed 2008|09 financial year.

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AGRANA receives Vienna Stock Exchange Award 2009 in Small and Mid Cap Category

On 2 June, the international sugar, starch and fruit group AGRANA was awarded the Vienna Stock Exchange Price 2009 in the Small and Mid Cap category.

AGRANA 2008|09 financial year – After a negative first half of the year, a positive second half leads to full-year operating profit of € 37.8 million before exceptional items, while currency translation losses weigh on the bottom line

In the AGRANA Group the 2008|09 financial year (ended 28 February) was defined by volatile energy and raw material prices, depreciation in many Eastern European currencies and the effects of the worldwide economic crisis.

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AGRANA - Preliminary Results for the 2008|09 Financial Year

Based on preliminary data, in the 2008|09 financial year AGRANA, the international sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of 7.1% to € 2,026.3 million (prior year: € 1,892.3 million)

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Substantial improvement in earnings at AGRANA: € 27.5 million operating profit after exceptional items in third quarter, up from operating loss of € 10.1 million in first half of 2008|09

In the third quarter of the 2008|09 financial year, AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, boosted profitability considerably from the negative first half of the year to a level near the prior year’s third quarter.

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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

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.

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AGRANA – After raw-materials-induced loss in first six months, significant improvement is expected in second half of 2008|09

Good crops in 2008 have put an end to high raw material prices

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AGRANA - Q1 2008|09: Revenue grows while profit decreases

In the first quarter of 2008|09 AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of 10.3% to € 495.1 million (Q1 2007|08: € 449.0 million).

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AGRANA AGM approves unchanged dividend

The Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to pay a dividend – unchanged from the prior year – of € 1.95 per share for the completed 2007|08 financial year.

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AGRANA acquires 50% of SCO Studen’s sugar sales operations in the West Balkan region

AGRANA, a leading Central and Eastern European producer of sugar and starch, has acquired, subject to the approval of the competent mergers and acquisitions authorities, 50% of the shares in the sugar sales operations of the Studen Group | Vienna, which markets white sugar…

AGRANA acquits itself well in difficult 2007|08 financial year

In the completed 2007|08 financial year the AGRANA Group sustained its growth trajectory in the Starch and Fruit segments despite difficult conditions in raw material procurement

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AGRANA Preliminary Results for the 2007|08 Financial Year

Based on preliminary data, in the 2007|08 financial year AGRANA, the international sugar, starch and fruit group, generated revenue of € 1,892.3 million (2006|07: € 1,915.8 million)

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AGRANA Launches Second Joint Venture for Juice Concentrate in China

AGRANA Group and Yantai North Andre Group (YNA) have signed an agreement to form a second joint venture. AGRANA and YNA will set up the Yongji Andre Juice Co. Ltd., based in Yongji, China, for the production of apple juice concentrate. Each partner will hold a 50% interest in…

AGRANA - Revenue up 3% - operating profit of € 87.4 million in the first three quarters of 2007|08

Third-quarter operating profit (after exceptionals) at last year’s level

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Hungary to return 50% of its sugar quota to the restructuring fund

AGRANA concentrates its sugar production at one refinery

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AGRANA results for first half of financial year: Starch and Fruit largely counterbalance challenging Sugar market environment

In the first half of 2007|08, AGRANA’s revenue rose from EUR 923.2 million (prior year’s first half) to EUR 933.3 million.

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