EANS-News: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
Annual General Meeting votes for unchanged
dividend of EUR 3.60
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual & Special Corporate Meetings/Dividend Announcements/Distribution Wien (euro adhoc) - The 26th ordinary annual general meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG today voted to payout a dividend in the amount of EUR3.60 per share for the 2012|13 financial year. This is equivalent to that of the prior year. "AGRANA has for years pursued a sustainable dividend policy according to which around one third of the net earnings of each year are distributed to shareholders," explains CEO Johann Marihart. The AGM also discharged the members of the Management Board, Johann Marihart (Chairman), Fritz Gattermayer, Walter Grausam and Thomas Kölbl as well as the members of the Supervisory Board from their respective responsibilities for the 2012|13 financial year. KPMG Austria AG Wirtschaftsprüfungs- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft, Vienna, was reappointed to act as the auditor for the 2013|14 financial year. The AGM also approved an amendment to paragraphs 8 and 13 of the company's articles of association in order to take into account the revised legal stipulations as a result of the promulgation of the Austrian Company Law Amendment Act 2011 (GesRÄG 2011) which also triggered amendments to the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG). This press release is available in both German and English at www.agrana.com. Further inquiry note: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG Mag.(FH) Markus Simak Public Relations Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084 e-mail: markus.simak@agrana.com Mag.(FH) Hannes Haider Investor Relations Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12905 e-mail:hannes.haider@agrana.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1 A-1020 Wien phone: +43-1-21137-0 FAX: +43-1-21137-12045 mail: info.ab@agrana.com WWW: www.agrana.com sector: Food ISIN: AT0000603709 indexes: WBI, ATX Prime stockmarkets: Präsenzhandel: Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, official market: Wien language: English
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