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Company Information/AGRANA

13.11.2008

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. The 51-year
old agricultural economist will join the current Board of Management
consisting of its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AGRANA
Beteiligungs-AG, Johann Marihart, Chief Financial Officer, Walter
Grausam, and Thomas Kölbl, as its fourth member.

Fritz Gattermayer joined AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG in 1992. Most
recently he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Group´s Sugar
segment. As a member of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG´s Board of Management,
Fritz Gattermayer will be responsible for Purchasing and Sales, as
well as Raw Materials.

The Supervisory Board has decided to increase the number of members
of the Board of Management in order to keep pace with the Company´s
dynamic development in the last years, and to signal the continuation
of its strategy in the future. In the fiscal year 2008|09 AGRANA
expects its total revenues to increase from EUR 1.9 billion to EUR
2.1 billion. Following the massive investment programme in the last
two years, the Company will reach its normalised capital expenditure
level of approx. EUR 75 million in the current fiscal year.

This press release is available in German and English on the Internet
at www.agrana.com.

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Further inquiry note:

AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG

Mag. Maria Fally

Investor Relations

Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12905

e-mail:maria.fally@agrana.com

Mag. Ulrike Pichler

Public Relations

Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084

e-mail:ulrike.pichler@agrana.com

Branche: Food
ISIN: AT0000603709
WKN: 779535
Index: WBI, ATX Prime
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