The share capital of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG at the balance sheet date was € 103.2 million, divided into 14,202,040 voting ordinary bearer shares. There are no other classes of shares.
Z&S Zucker und Stärke Holding AG (“Z&S”), based in Vienna, is the majority shareholder, holding 75.5% of the share capital of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG. Z&S is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vienna-based AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG, which in turn is 50% owned by Südzucker AG, Mannheim, Germany (“Südzucker”), and 50% owned by Zucker-Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna (“ZBG”). The following five Vienna-based entities are shareholders of ZBG: „ALMARA“ Holding GmbH (a subsidiary of Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung); Marchfelder Zuckerfabriken Gesellschaft m.b.H.; Estezet Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H.; Rübenproduzenten Beteiligungs GesmbH; and Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest Beteiligungs AG. Under a syndicate agreement between Südzucker and ZBG, the voting rights of the syndicate partners are combined in Z&S, there are restrictions on the transfer of shares, and the partners in the consortium have certain nomination rights with respect to AGRANA’s Management Board and Supervisory Board. Thus, Johann Marihart is appointed by ZBG as a management board member of Südzucker, and Thomas Kölbl is appointed by Südzucker as a management board member of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG. Neither individual receives compensation for serving in this respective capacity.
No shareowner has special rights of control. Employees who are also shareholders of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG exercise their voting rights individually.
The Management Board has no powers within the meaning of section 243a (7) Austrian Commercial Code to issue or repurchase shares.
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG has no significant agreements that take effect, change materially, or end, in the case of a change of control in the Company resulting from a takeover offer. No compensation agreements in the event of a public takeover offer exist between the Company and its Management Board, Supervisory Board or other staff.