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

  1. 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,
  2. 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,
  3. 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),
  4. I do not exercise any corporate functions in other companies that are competing with AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft, and
  5. 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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