AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT
Publication of insider information pursuant to Article 17 MAR
Vienna, 30 May 2025
AGRANA resolves to fully acquire AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG (AGRANA), Vienna, has resolved to indirectly acquire a further 49.99% of the shares in AUSTRIA JUICE GmbH (AUSTRIA JUICE), Kröllendorf/Allhartsberg, Austria. These shares are currently indirectly held by RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG (RWA). Following the transaction, for which all necessary resolutions on the part of the executive bodies of AGRANA and RWA have now been passed, AGRANA will subsequently hold 100% of shares in AUSTRIA JUICE. The associated contract is due to be signed in the near future.
AUSTRIA JUICE is among the world’s leading producers of apple juice and berry juice concentrates as well as producing natural flavours, beverage bases and not-from-concentrate juices for the downstream beverage and food processing industry. The company operates 13 production sites in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Ukraine and China, employs around 1,000 personnel and generated revenues of approximately € 330 million in its 2024|25 financial year.
As of today, AGRANA indirectly holds 50.01% of the shares in AUSTRIA JUICE and the business operations of this subsidiary have already been fully consolidated in the Group’s Fruit segment. Through this acquisition and in line with its NEXT LEVEL Group strategy, AGRANA aims to more tightly integrate AUSTRIA JUICE into its own Group. This offers strategic advantages such as facilitating the global expansion of its beverage bases and aroma business activities worldwide. The intention is also to leverage organisational synergies and potential cost savings.
Following the signing of the share purchase agreement and anti-trust approval from the competent public authorities, the aim is to close the transaction by the end of calendar year 2025. The purchase price for the 49.99% shareholding amounts to € 54.7 million.
This announcement is available in German and English at www.agrana.com.
