EQS-PVR: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 135, Section 2 BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
EQS Voting Rights Announcement: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft: Release according to Article 135, Section 2
BörseG with the objective of Europe-wide distribution
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Major holdings notification pursuant to Sec. 130 to 134 BörseG 2018
Vienna, 11 August 2026
Overview
☐ Notification made after deadline
Caution: In case of violations of major holdings notification rules, please pay
attention to Section 137 BörseG 2018 (Suspension of voting rights)
1. Issuer: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
2. Reason for the notification: Other
3. Person subject to notification obligation
Acting in concert agreement (Sec. 133 No. 1 BörseG 2018)
First name Name/Surname City Country
RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG Vienna Austria
RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte Vienna Austria
Genossenschaft m.b.H.
“LAREDO” Beteiligungs GmbH Vienna Austria
“ALMARA” Holding GmbH Vienna Austria
LEIPNIK-LUNDENBURGER INVEST Beteiligungs Vienna Austria
Aktiengesellschaft
Marchfelder Zuckerfabriken Gesellschaft m.b.H. Vienna Austria
Zucker-Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. Vienna Austria
Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG Ochsenfurt Germany
Südzucker AG Mannheim Germany
AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG Vienna Austria
4. Name of shareholder(s):
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached: 6 August 2026
6. Total positions
% of voting rights
% of voting through financial/other Total
rights instruments (7.B.1 + Total of number of
attached to 7.B.2) both in % voting
shares (7.A) (7.A + rights of
7.B) issuer
Resulting situation on the
date on which threshold 78.34 % 1.28 % 79.62 % 62 488 976
was crossed / reached
Position of previous
notification (if 78.34 % 1.28 % 79.62 %
applicable)
Details
7. Notified details of the resulting situation:
A: Voting rights attached to shares
ISIN Code Number of voting rights % of voting rights
Direct Indirect Direct Indirect
(Sec 130 BörseG (Sec 133 BörseG (Sec 130 BörseG (Sec 133 BörseG
2018) 2018) 2018) 2018)
AT000AGRANA3 48 955 088 78.34 %
SUBTOTAL A 48 955 088 78.34 %
B 1: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018
Type of instrument Expiration Date Exercise Period Number of voting % of voting
rights that may be rights
acquired if the
instrument is
exercised
Call-Option n.a. as from 23 800 000 1.28 %
August 2017
SUBTOTAL B.1 800 000 1.28 %
B 2: Financial / Other Instruments pursuant to Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 2 BörseG 2018
Type of Expiration Date Exercise Physical / Number of % of voting
instrument Period Cash voting rights
Settlement rights
SUBTOTAL B.2
8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation:
☐ Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural
person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding
directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.
☒ Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial/other instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate
controlling natural person or legal entity:
Directly Shares Financial/other Total
No. Name controlled held instruments of
by No. directly held directly both
(%) (%) (%)
RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING 0.24
1 NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte 0.24 % %
Genossenschaft m.b.H.
2 RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK 1 79.87 % 79.87
NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG %
3 “LAREDO” Beteiligungs GmbH 1
4 LEIPNIK-LUNDENBURGER INVEST 3
Beteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft
5 Marchfelder Zuckerfabriken 4
Gesellschaft m.b.H.
6 “ALMARA” Holding GmbH 1
7 Zucker-Beteiligungsgesellschaft 5,6
m.b.H.
Süddeutsche
8 Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft
eG
9 Südzucker AG 8 2.74 % 2.74
%
10 AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht 9 78.34 % 1.28 % 79.62
Holding AG %
9. In case of proxy voting
Date of general meeting: –
Voting rights after general meeting: – is equivalent to – voting rights.
10. Further comments:
1. This Major holdings notification is issued in connection with the execution of a
demerger and transfer agreement between RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN
registrierte Genossenschaft m.b.H. (RHO) and RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK
NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG (RLB NÖ-W AG) on 6 August 2026, according to which, in
accordance with Sec. 21 GenSpaltG, amongst other things, RHO’s shareholdings shall
be transferred to RLB NÖ-W AG. The demerger and transfer are subject to conditions
precedent. Upon the effectiveness of the demerger, RLB NÖ-W AG will acquire the
AGRANA shares held directly by RHO and RHO’s shareholdings in ‚ALMARA‘ Holding GmbH
(ALMARA) and ‚LAREDO‘ Beteiligungs GmbH (LAREDO), and will become a party to the
syndicate agreement (point 10.6.).
2. The demerger and transfer agreement establishes a financial instrument of RLB
NÖ-W AG and, thus, an interest in voting rights of RLB NÖ-W AG pursuant to Sec. 131
para. 1 No. 1 and No. 2 BörseG 2018 totaling 49,907,088 (79.87 %), meaning that the
thresholds of 4 % to 75 % are crossed. Of this interest in voting rights, 0.24 %
relates to the AGRANA shares held by RHO and 79.62 % to the voting rights held by
AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG (ABH) (see points 10.3. and 10.6.).
3. AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG (ABH) holds (as previously)
48,955,088 shares, corresponding to an interest in voting rights of 78.34 %
(Sec. 130 para. 1 BörseG 2018), and a call option to purchase 800,000 AGRANA shares
from Südzucker (7.B.1.), corresponding to a relevant interest in voting rights of
1.28 % (Sec. 131 para. 1 No. 1 BörseG 2018). ABH’s total relevant interest in voting
rights corresponds to 79.62 %.
4. Südzucker holds (as previously) 1,713,716 shares, corresponding to a relevant
interest in voting rights of 2.74 % from directly held shares (Sec. 130 para. 1
BörseG 2018), whereby these shares are not attributed under the shareholders’
agreement (point 10.6.). This also includes the 800,000 shares (1.28 %) for the
acquisition of which Südzucker has granted ABH a call option (10.3.).
5. The voting rights held by Südzucker and ABH are to be attributed to Südzucker
through the shareholding in ABH and as a party to the shareholders’ agreement (point
10.6.) (Sec. 133 No. 1 and No. 4 BörseG 2018), and to Süddeutsche
Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG through its shareholding in Südzucker (Sec.
133 No. 4 BörseG 2018). The total relevant interest in voting rights corresponds to
82.36 % (Sec. 130, 131 BörseG 2018). The call option (point 10.3.) relates to AGRANA
shares directly held by Südzucker. The shares subject to the call option are
therefore double-counted in the total relevant interest in voting rights of 82.36 %.
The ‘adjusted’ total interest in voting rights is 81.08 %.
6. There is a shareholders’ agreement between Südzucker and
Zucker-Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. (ZBG). As direct and indirect shareholders of
ZBG, RHO and the companies controlled directly and indirectly by RHO, ALMARA,
Marchfelder Zuckerfabriken Gesellschaft m.b.H. (MZ) and LEIPNIK-LUNDENBURGER INVEST
Beteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft (LLI), have entered into the shareholders’
agreement. RHO’s total relevant interest in voting rights amounts to 79.87 %
(attributed and direct shares, see 8. above); the voting rights of ABH (point 10.3.)
are attributed in each case (Sec. 133 No. 1, No. 4 BörseG 2018).
Vienna, 11 August 2026
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Language: English
Company: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien
Austria
Internet: www.agrana.com
LEI Code: 5299006C0EVA5LAYOR30
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