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02.07.2010

The 23rd Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to pay a dividend unchanged from the prior year - of EUR 1.95 per share for the completed 2009|10 financial year.

The members of the Management Board, Johann Marihart (CEO), Fritz Gattermayer, Walter Grausam and Thomas Kölbl, as well as the Supervisory Board were discharged from liability for the 2009|10 financial year.

The members of the Supervisory Board are: Christian Konrad (Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Wolfgang Heer (First Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Erwin Hameseder (Second Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board), Ludwig Eidmann, Hans-Jörg Gebhard, Thomas Kirchberg, Ernst Karpfinger, Christian Teufl, and the representatives of the Staff Council Thomas Buder, Stephan Savic, Peter Vymyslicky and Gerhard Glatz.

KPMG Austria GmbH, Wirtschafts- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, was appointed as the independent auditor.

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

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Further inquiry note:

Investor Realtions:
Mag. Maria Fally
Tel.: 01-21137-12905
maria.fally@agrana.com

Public Relations:
Mag. Ulrike Pichler
Tel.: 01-21137-12084
ulrike.pichler@agrana.com

Branche: Food
ISIN: AT0000603709
WKN: 779535
Index: WBI, ATX Prime
Börsen: Berlin / Präsenzhandel
Frankfurt / Präsenzhandel
Stuttgart / Präsenzhandel
Wien / official market

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