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GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 1 ANNUAL REPORT ADDING VALUE TO NATURE’S GIFTS. 2007|08 GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 2 CONTENTS 02 Milestones in 2007|08 04 Vision and mission 08 Letter from the CEO 11 AGRANA’s strategy 14 AGRANA’s production sites 16 Structure of the AGRANA Group 17 AGRANA’s share and corporate governance 23 Group management report 2007|08 24 Group financial results 31 Sugar segment 40 Starch segment 48 Fruit segment 55 Environment and sustainability 59 Research and development 62 Staff 65 Risk management 70 Outlook for 2008|09 73 Consolidated financial statements 2007|08 74 Consolidated income statement 75 Consolidated cash flow statement 76 Consolidated balance sheet 77 Consolidated statement of changes in equity 78 Notes to the consolidated financial statements 137 The Company’s boards 139 Subsidiaries and business interests 142 Independent auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements 144 Performance indicators and their meaning 145 Parent company financial statements 2007|08 146 Parent company balance sheet 147 Parent company income statement 148 Independent auditors’ report on the parent company financial statements 149 Proposed allocation of profit 150 Supervisory Board’s report 152 Contacts GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 3 REVENUE in €m 2,000 1,500 1.000 500 03|04 04|05 05|06 06|07 07|08 OPERATING PROFIT BEFORE EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS in €m 120 100 80 60 03|04 04|05 05|06 06|07 07|08 OPERATING CASH FLOW BEFORE CHANGE IN WORKING CAPITAL in €m 150 125 100 75 03|04 04|05 05|06 06|07 07|08 FINANCIAL CALENDAR FOR 2008|09 21 May 2008 Press conference presenting annual results for 2007|08 4 July 2008 Annual General Meeting for 2007|08 9 July 2008 Dividend payment and ex-dividend date 10 July 2008 Results for first quarter of 2008|09 15 October 2008 Results for first half of 2008|09 14 January 2009 Results for first three quarters of 2008|09 GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 4 KEY FINANCIALS Based on IFRS 2007|08 2006|071 2005|06 2004|05 2003|04 BUSINESS PERFORMANCE Revenue €m 1,892.3 1,915.8 1,499.6 981.0 866.4 EBITDA €m 184.5 187.5 164.6 138.6 116.8 EBITDA margin % 9.8 9.8 11.0 14.1 13.5 Operating profit before exceptional items €m 111.4 107.0 99.5 90.8 76.8 Operating margin before exceptional items % 5.9 5.6 6.6 9.3 8.9 Operating profit after exceptional items2 €m 101.5 105.8 75.0 90.8 76.8 Profit before tax €m 73.1 93.5 71.7 93.2 70.7 Profit for the period €m 63.8 71.1 64.7 84.3 57.5 Attributable to equity holders of the parent €m 64.3 68.9 62.7 79.9 56.5 Minority interests €m (0.5) 2.2 2.0 4.4 1.0 Operating cash flow before change in working capital €m 140.8 150.5 145.3 116.5 101.2 Purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangibles3 €m 207.7 157.4 91.2 52.1 28.5 Purchases of non-current financial assets €m 3.4 5.6 7.5 100.9 61.3 Staff count4 8,140 8,223 8,130 4,958 3,841 Return on sales % 3.9 4.9 4.8 9.5 8.2 Return on capital employed % 8.2 8.6 8.6 10.7 14.7 SHARE DATA AS AT LAST DAY OF FEBRUARY Closing price € 72.09 76.00 78.00 79.85 61.50 Earnings per share € 4.53 4.85 4.42 7.18|5.625 5.08 Dividend per share € 1.956 1.95 1.95 1.95 1.80 Dividend yield % 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.9 Dividend payout ratio % 43.1 40.2 44.1 27.2 |34.7 35.4 Price/earnings ratio 15.9 15.7 17.6 11.1 12.1 Market capitalisation €m 1,023.8 1,079.4 1,107.8 1,134.0 678.2 FINANCIAL STRENGTH Total assets €m 2,203.9 1,931.7 1,850.5 1,500.4 935.2 Share capital €m 103.2 103.2 103.2 103.2 80.1 Non-current assets €m 1,018.4 933.3 900.4 642.3 415.5 Equity €m 922.1 895.5 885.8 835.9 515.8 Equity ratio % 41. 8 46.4 47.9 55.7 55.2 Gearing (net debt to total equity) % 61. 6 37.9 31.8 11.5 0.3 Net debt €m 567.7 339.4 281.9 96.4 1.7 1 As a result of the change in year end in the Fruit segment, the 2006|07 financial year represented a period of 14 months. 2 Exceptional items include restructuring. 3 Exclude goodwill. 4 In this entire report, any references to staff, employees and other synonyms for these terms refer equally to female and male employees. 5 Earnings per share based on the number of shares outstanding at February 28, 2005. 6 Proposal to the Annual General Meeting. GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 1 ANNUAL REPORT 2007|08 AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft Year ended 29 February 2008 ADDING VALUE TO NATURE’S GIFTS. SUGAR. STARCH. FRUIT. GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 2 MILESTONES IN 2007|08 MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG 4 May 2007 17 September 2007 AGRANA opens the first fruit pre- Completion of the bioethanol plant parations plant in Cabreúva, Brazil, in Pischelsdorf, Austria, and start of for the rapidly growing Brazilian fruit six weeks’ pilot operation. Regular yoghurt market. operation is postponed to spring 2008 in response to the global rise in commodity prices for wheat and corn. 18 May 2007 10 years of AGRANA Fruit Ukraine – In 1997 AGRANA was the first Austrian 26 September 2007 company in the food sector to enter Acceleration of the EU sugar regime the Ukrainian market with its production reform due to the proposal by the facility in Vinnitsa, and ever since then European Commission to fix the amount we have supplied the growth markets of compensation for farmers who of Ukraine and Russia with high-grade surrender quota, and not to charge AGRANA fruit products. the restructuring levy for the 2007|08 marketing year (provided that the quota surrendered is at least equal to the 5 July 2007 preventive withdrawal). AGRANA’s Annual General Meeting decides to pay an unchanged dividend of € 1.95 per share. GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 3 SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB 15 November 2007 5 December 2007 Commissioning of the first industrial- AGRANA Fruit opens an innovation scale biogas facility for sugar beet and product development centre in pulp in Kaposvár, Hungary, designed Brecksville, Ohio, to develop products to achieve a substantial reduction specifically for the markets in the in energy requirements and to lower Americas. CO2 emissions resulting from sugar production. 26 February 2008 Acceleration of the EU sugar regime 20 November 2007 reform due to the adjustment of incen- Decision to concentrate sugar produc- tives in September 2007 and the tion in Hungary at the Kaposvár location surrender of around 2.6 million tonnes and to close the Petöháza sugar factory of sugar quota to the restructuring as a result of the surrender of 50% fund for the 2008|09 marketing year of the sugar quota in Hungary to the (in the “first wave”). A further 800,000 restructuring fund. tonnes were returned in the second wave up to 31 March 2008. GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 4 VISION AND MISSION AGRANA GROUP 04 VISION AND MISSION AGRANA is a multinational enterprise based in Austria. AGRANA’s Sugar segment and Starch segment operate in Europe. It’s Fruit segment has global presence. In these markets, AGRANA’s goal is to be a leader in the industrial refining of agricultural raw materials. Strategy Growth and efficiency ensure a sustainable increase in enterprise value. We aim to be proactive and dependable partners to our customers in our core businesses, which are sugar, starch, and fruit processing. Service to the market We refine agricultural raw materials into high-grade foods and technical products for industrial use. Our activities range from the manufacture of industrial intermediate products to providing advisory services. We supply both industry and trade. Customer orientation We offer products and services that fully meet the needs and expectations of our customers. We challenge our competitors by providing both high product quality and an exceptionally high standard of service. We are creative, flexible, dedicated and always looking for new markets for our products. Our innovative power and research and development work, together with our new product launches tailored to customer requirements, drive our leadership in the marketplace. Organisation We operate a decentralised organisation that ensures rapid decision-making and close proximity to our markets. The organisation is based on operating companies in the Sugar, Starch and Fruit segments that are each responsible for their own results. Our organisation is also supported by a powerful communications network that ensures a constant and consistent exchange of information and expertise and contributes to the development of synergies. GB2007 lage E_2005 20.05.2008 15:11 Uhr Seite 5 VISION AND MISSION AGRANA GROUP 05 Finance Profit constitutes the basis for the economic sustainability of our enterprise’s activities.