AGRANA Beteiligungs : Statement pursuant to § 87 II of the Austrian Stock Corporations Act - Mr. Josef Pröll
June 10, 2022 at 07:02 am EDT
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Mr. Josef Pröll
For submission to the 35th Annual General Meeting of AGRANA Beteiligungs-
Aktiengesellschaft on July 8, 2022
Statement pursuant to § 87 II of the Austrian Stock Corporations Act
Pursuant to § 87 II of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG), any person proposed for election to the Supervisory Board must submit to the General Meeting his or her professional qualification, professional or comparable functions, and any circumstances that could cause concern for bias.
Concerning my professional qualifications and my professional or comparable func- tions, I refer to my attached CV.
Thus I have the professional qualifications that are required for serving on the Supervisory Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft.
I hereby furthermore declare that
I have disclosed all circumstances in connection with § 87 II of the Austrian Stock Corporations Act, and according to my appraisal there are no circumstances which could give rise to the concern of me being biased,
I have not been finally convicted of any legally punishable offense, in particular not any that might cast a doubt on my professional reliability pursuant to § 87 IIa 3 of the Austrian Stock Corporations Act,
there are no impediments to appointment within the meaning of § 86 (2), in particular § 86 (2) 1 in conjunction with § 86 (3) (exceedance of the legal maximum number of supervisory board mandates) and § 86 (4) of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG),
I do not exercise any corporate functions in other companies that are competing with AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft, and
I am not in any business or personal relationship with AGRANA Beteiligungs- Aktiengesellschaft or its Management Board that would establish a material conflict of interest and therefore might influence my behavior as a member of the Superviso- ry Board.
Enclosed:
CV
Vienna, 20 May 2022
signed by: Josef Pröll
DIPL.-ING. JOSEF PRÖLL
Particulars
Date of birth: September 14, 1968
Place of birth: Stockerau, Lower Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Marital status: married, 3 children
Education and training
1978-1986
Federal High School in Hollabrunn
1987-1993
Studies in agriculture and agricultural economics at
the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life
Sciences, Vienna
Professional career
June 1993 - March 1998
Officer for the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture
April 1998 - August 2000
Economics policy officer for the Austrian Farmers'
Federation
April 1998 - August 2000
Assistant to MEP Agnes Schierhuber
January 1999 - August 2000
Director of the Viennese Farmers' Federation
August 15, 2000 - November
Chief of Cabinet of Wilhelm Molterer, Federal Minister
30, 2001
of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
Management (BMLFUW)
December 2001 - February
Director of the Austrian Farmers' Federation
2003
February 28, 2003 -
Federal Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
December 02, 2008
and Water Management (BMLFUW)
September 29, 2008 - May
Federal Party Chairman of the Austrian People's
20, 2011
Party (ÖVP)
December 2, 2008 - April 21,
Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance
2011
since July 1, 2011
CEO of Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest Beteiligungs AG
since July 2, 2012
Member of the Supervisory Board of AGRANA
Beteiligungs AG
since July 2, 2012
AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG
since July 2, 2012
Z & S Zucker und Stärke Holding AG
(2nd Vice Chairman)
since September 9, 2011
Member of the Supervisory Board of SIEMENS AG
Austria
since May 9, 2013
Member of the Supervisory Board of CASINOS
Austria AG
since February 2012
Chairman of Raiffeisen Revision Association Lower
Austria-Vienna
since May 4, 2012
Member of Raiffeisen-Holding Lower Austria-Vienna
since March 29, 2017
Member of the Supervisory Board of Österreichische
Lotterien GmbH
since June 29, 2017
Raiffeisen Agrar Invest AG
(Vice Chairman)
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AGRANA Beteiligungs AG (AGRANA) is an Austria-based company that processes agricultural raw materials. The Company manufactures foods and intermediate products for the downstream food industry, as well as for non-food applications. It operates through three segments: Sugar, Starch and Fruit. The products of the Sugar segment are marketed both directly to consumers through food retailers and to the sugar industry. In the Starch segment, the Company processes and refines mainly corn (maize) and potatoes into starch products. The Fruit segment develops and produces fruit preparations (fruit ingredients) and fruit juice concentrates. The Company operates over 50 production sites globally. The Company's subsidiaries include AGRANA Zucker GmbH, AGRANA Starke GmbH, AGRANA Marketing-und Vertriebsservice Gesellschaft mbH, AGRANA Bioethanol GmbH and Main Process SA, among others. The Company also manufactures animal feed and fertilizers.