AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG announces according to § 93 Section 2 Börsegesetz that it has been informed by Prudential plc, London, on 11 February 2011 of an increase of its stake and voting rights in AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG.
With a strong third quarter, AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, continued its positive performance of the current financial year. Revenue in the first three quarters (ended 30 November 2010) grew by 5.8% from one year earlier, to € 1,624.4 million.
Das Geschäft des Zucker-, Stärke und Fruchtunternehmens AGRANA hat sich im 1.Halbjahr 2010|11 weiter positiv entwickelt.
The business of the sugar, starch and fruit group AGRANA continued to prosper in the first quarter of 2010|11. Amid the macroeconomic recovery, demand grew in all three business segments.
The 2009|10 financial year (ended 28 February 2010) of AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, was marked by a combination of volume growth and lower sales prices.
AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, in the third quarter of the 2009|10 financial year continued the good trend of the first six months
The international sugar, starch and fruit company, AGRANA, showed a stable and satisfactory business performance in the first half of the 2009|10 financial year.
In the first quarter of 2009|10, AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, achieved revenue growth of € 11.1 million or 2.2% to € 506.2 million (prior year: € 495.1 million)
In the AGRANA Group the 2008|09 financial year (ended 28 February) was defined by volatile energy and raw material prices, depreciation in many Eastern European currencies and the effects of the worldwide economic crisis.
In the third quarter of the 2008|09 financial year, AGRANA, the sugar, starch and fruit group, boosted profitability considerably from the negative first half of the year to a level near the prior year’s third quarter.
