Ad-hoc | 18 January 2002 08:04

Agrana Beteiligungs-AG english

AGRANAA Successful 3rd Quarter 2001/02 Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Substantial growth in Q1 _ Q3 revenues and profit: -Revenues increase by 10% from EUR 579.3 million to EUR 639.9 million -EBIT increases by 33% from EUR 42.6 million to EUR 67.7 million Changes in the periodical assignments of campaign costs in the accounts led to a disproportionately rapid increase of 33% in reported EBIT during the first three quarters. However, the effects of those changes will be cancelled out again during the fourth quarter (actual increase after correction to allow for distortions: roughly 9%). Thanks to an improvement in our financial result, we can also report increases in pre-tax profit and consolidated net profit for the first three quarters. Q1 _ Q3 (EUR mn) 2001/02 2000/01 Change Revenues 639.9 579.3 + 60.6 EBIT 56.7 42.6 + 14.1 Profit before tax 49.1 27.5 + 21.6 Consolidated net profit 31.9 19.1 + 12.8 Investments 28.0 p.a. (est.) 38.2 p.a. – 10.2 Staff 4,378 4,640 – 262 Outlook for the 2001/02 financial year: Revenues EUR 813 milion (2000/01: EUR 760.2 million) Consolidated net profit EUR 40 million (2000/01: EUR 37.6 million) end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 18.01.2002 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 060373; ISIN: AT0000603733; Index: Listed: Amtlicher Handel in Wien; Freiverkehr in Frankfurt 180804 Jän 02