The Management Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG is responsible for managing the Company independently in such a way as is required by the purpose and for the good of the Company, taking into account the interests of the shareholders and employees as well as the public interest. It manages the Company’s business in accordance with the legal requirements – in particular the provisions of stock corporation, stock exchange and company law – and with the provisions of the Articles of Association, the Management Board’s terms of reference set by the Supervisory Board, and the ACCG. The members of the Management Board are in ongoing communication with each other and, in weekly Management Board meetings, discuss the current course of business and make the necessary informal and formal decisions. The Group is managed on the basis of the open sharing of information and of regular meetings with the segments’ executive and other senior management.

The terms of reference specify the division of responsibilities and the cooperation within the Management Board and its duties in respect of communication and reporting, and list the types of actions that require the approval of the Supervisory Board.

The remits of the Management Board members are as follows:

The Supervisory Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG has twelve members, of whom eight are shareholder representatives elected by the Annual General Meeting and four are employee representatives from the staff council. The shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board were elected by the 2022 or 2023 Annual General Meeting for a term ending at the conclusion of that AGM which will consider the results of the 2026|27 financial year. In the reporting period the Supervisory Board convened for six meetings.

For AGRANA, compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is fundamental to good corporate governance and is part of Group strategy. The compliance management system of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG is certified to ISO 37301 and ISO 37001. Further details can be found in the “Sustainability statement under section 267a UGB” in the Group management report.

For more and more people, the compatibility of work and family life ranks high on the list of expectations for the workplace and is a major element of job satisfaction. Especially for women, it is frequently a critical career factor.

Offering good conditions for reconciling work and family commitments for as many employees as possible – particularly women, who still do most of the family work – is a key task in human resources management due to the increasing challenges of finding and retaining suitable employees. To create an attractive working environment, AGRANA offers flexible work hours and, for administrative staff, the option of working remotely up to 50% of hours.

The existing internal company amenities continued to be provided, such as the use of a company kindergarten at the headquarters site in Vienna, and weeks of summer holiday care – organised and financially supported by the company – offered for employees’ children at the site in Aschach, Austria. Additionally, in Austria and Germany, AGRANA provides financial assistance for the day care of small children up to the age of three. AGRANA also has an affinity group of employees known as WIN@AGRANA that specifically supports and develops women, including by offering special mentoring programmes and resource group events.

AGRANA is also endeavouring to steadily increase the proportion of women in management positions and has set a target of 30% for this metric by the end of the 2030 calendar year.