Major Shareholding Notification • Feb 25, 2014
Major Shareholding Notification
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other/Stock Activity/Changes in the shareholder structure
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG (AGRANA), Vienna, was informed today by its main shareholder Z&S Zucker und Stärke Holding AG (Z&S), Vienna, that the British financial services company Prudential plc (M&G Investments), London, Great Britain, and several of its subsidiaries have completely divested their holdings in AGRANA. Z&S, who as the main shareholder of AGRANA held 75.5% of the share capital until now, has taken over a direct stake of 10.6%, following this transaction Z&S now holds 86.1% of the voting rights in AGRANA. A further 5% of AGRANA shares were acquired directly by Südzucker AG Mannheim/Ochsenfurt,Mannheim, Germany, and should be available again for the free float in the near term.
Therewith Z&S as the main shareholder still vouches for the stock exchange listing of the AGRANA Group. Furthermore, the described transactions provide an improvement of AGRANA's position in equity markets and raises its trading liquidity.
This information is also available on the AGRANA website at www.agrana.com.
Further inquiry note: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG
Mag.(FH) Hannes Haider
Investor Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12905
e-mail: [email protected]
Mag.(FH) Markus Simak
Public Relations
Tel.: +43-1-211 37-12084
| issuer: AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1 |
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| A-1020 Wien | |
| phone: +43-1-21137-0 |
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| FAX: +43-1-21137-12045 |
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| mail: [email protected] |
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| WWW: www.agrana.com |
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| sector: Food |
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| ISIN: AT0000603709 |
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| indexes: WBI, ATX Prime |
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| stockmarkets: Präsenzhandel: Berlin, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, official market: Wien | |
| language: English |
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