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euro adhoc: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG / Joint Ventures/Cooperation/Collaboration / AGRANA launches raw sugar joint venture in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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31.05.2006

AGRANA, the leading sugar and starch producer in Central and Eastern
Europe, is expanding its activities towards the Western Balkans.
AGRANA will establish a raw sugar refinery in Brcko jointly with the
Bosnian-Austrian company  SCO Studen & CO Holding/Vienna as 50%
partner. Capital expenditure for this project will amount to about
EUR 30 million, and the refinery will have a capacity of some 150,000
tonnes of sugar p.a.

end of announcement                               euro adhoc 31.05.2006 07:30:00

Further inquiry note:

AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
Doris Schober
Investor Relations/Corporate Communications
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084
e-mail:investor.relations@agrana.at

Branche: Food
ISIN: AT0000603709
WKN: 779535
Index: ATX Prime, WBI
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market

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