Südzucker Annual General Meeting 2012

Annual general meeting to be held on
Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 10.00 a.m. at the Congress Center Rosengarten, 68161 Mannheim, Rosengartenplatz 2

Speech Dr. Wolfgang Heer - Annual General Meeting 2012

only available in German

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Agenda

Present the adopted annual financial statements and management report (including notes to the statements as per article 289, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2011/12 financial year, the approved consolidated financial and management report (including notes to the presented information as per article 315, paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2011/12 financial year and the report of the supervisory board.
Appropriate retained earnings
Ratify executive board members' actions for the 2011/12 financial year
Ratify supervisory board members' actions for the 2011/12 financial year
Supervisory board elections
Appoint the auditors and group auditors for the 2012/13 financial year

Items on the agenda that require no resolution

TOP 1
Present the adopted annual financial statements and management report (including notes to the statements as per article 289, paragraph 4 and 5 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2011/12 financial year, the approved consolidated financial and management reports (including notes to the presented information as per article 315, paragraph 4 of the German Commercial Code) for the 2011/12 financial year and the report of the supervisory board.

In its meeting on May 14, 2012, the supervisory board endorsed the financial statements and consolidated financial statements prepared by the executive board. The financial statements are thus adopted. In accordance with applicable law, there is thus no resolution required regarding this item.

Total number of shares and voting rights at time the meeting is called
At the time the meeting was called, the company's share capital totaled EUR 189,353,608 consisting of 189,353,608 no-par value bearer shares. Each share is granted one vote at the annual general meeting. Both the total number of shares and voting rights at the time of calling the annual general meeting is therefore 189,353,608. At the time the meeting was called, the company held 600,000 treasury shares, for which it has no voting rights.

Dividends
TOP 2 Appropriate retained earnings:
The executive and supervisory boards propose that the net retained earnings of Südzucker Aktiengesellschaft Mannheim/Ochsenfurt for fiscal 2011/12 of € 132,553,376.49 be used as follows:

Distribute a dividend of EUR 0.70 per share
on 189,353,608 no-par value bearer shares	132,547,525.60 €
Balance to be carried forward	5,850.89 €
Net retained earnings	132,553,376.49 €

To the extent that treasury shares are available on the day of the general meeting, the proposed resolution will be amended so that the distribution of EUR 0.70 per dividend-bearing share is maintained and the corresponding higher remainder carried forward.
The dividend will be paid on July 20, 2012.
Notice on behalf of the company: Dividend announcement will be published after resolution within a stock exchange gazette (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as of July 20, 2012, the Electronic German Federal Gazette and at the company's website.

AGM 2012 - Information on participation/proxy voting

80.20 kB

AGM 2012 - Information on shareholder rights

46.26 kB

Motions on amendments/counter motions/nominations for elections

Until deadline June 18, 2012, (6 pm CEST) no motions on amendments for the annual general meeting of Südzucker AG on July 19, 2012 have been filed.
Furthermore until deadline July 4, 2012, (midnight) for publication pursuant to § 126 AktG no countermotions / nominations for elections for the annual general meeting of Südzucker AG on July 19, 2012 have been submitted.

Documents to the agenda

Documents to TOP 1
Present the adopted annual financial statements and management report

Annual Report 2011/12

1 March 2011 to 29 February 2012

5.31 MB

Südzucker AG Management report and financial statements 2011/12

972.10 kB

AGM 2012 - Information pursuant to article 289 paragraph 4 of German Commercial Code

905.62 kB

AGM 2012 - Information pursuant to article 315 paragraph 4 of German Commercial Code

58.52 kB

AGM 2012 - List of participations pursuant to article 313 para. 2 number 4 German Commercial Code

99.22 kB

Documents to TOP 5
Supervisory board elections
The terms of office of all members of the supervisory board end upon adjournment of the July 19, 2012 annual general meeting. New members must thus be appointed.

The supervisory board recommends that the following candidates, who are already members of the supervisory board, be reelected until the end of the annual general meeting at which shareholders will vote on ratification of their actions for the fourth fiscal year after the beginning of their term of office, whereby the business year in which the term of office begins is not counted:

Dr. Hans-Jörg Gebhard
Eppingen
Diplom-Agrar-Ingenieur (agricultural engineer)
Independent farmer and Chairman of Verband Süddeutscher Zuckerrübenanbauer e. V.

Memberships in other domestic, statutory supervisory boards
- CropEnergies AG, Mannheim
- VK Mühlen AG, Hamburg

Memberships in comparable German and foreign supervisory committees
- AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, Vienna, Austria
- AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG, Vienna, Austria (deputy chairman)
- Freiberger Holding GmbH, Berlin
- Raffinerie Tirlemontoise S.A., Brussels, Belgium
- Saint Louis Sucre S.A., Paris, France
- SZVG Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG, Ochsenfurt (chairman)
- Vereinigte Hagelversicherung VVaG, Gießen
- Z & S Zucker und Stärke Holding AG, Vienna, Austria

Dr. Christian Konrad
Vienna, Austria
Attorney-at-law
Chairman of Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien

Memberships in other domestic, statutory supervisory boards
BAYWA AG, Munich (deputy chairman)

Memberships in comparable German and foreign supervisory committees
- RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, Vienna, Austria
- RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel und Vermögensverwaltung eGen, Vienna, Austria
- Saint Louis Sucre S.A., Paris, France
- Siemens Österreich AG, Vienna, Austria (deputy chairman)
- SZVG Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG, Ochsenfurt
- UNIQA Versicherungen AG, Vienna, Austria (chairman)

Corporate memberships in comparable German and foreign supervisory committees
- AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, Vienna, Austria (chairman)
- DO & CO Restaurants und Catering Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, Austria
- KURIER Redaktionsgesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna, Austria (chairman)
- KURIER Zeitungsverlag und Druckerei Gesellschaft m.b.H., Vienna, Austria (chairman)
- LEIPNIK-LUNDENBURGER INVEST Beteiligungs-AG, Vienna, Austria (chairman)
- RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN reg.Gen.m.b.H., Vienna, Austria (chairman)
- RAIFFEISENLANDESBANK NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN AG, Vienna, Austria (chairman)
- Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna, Austria (chairman)

Dr. Ralf Bethke
Deidesheim
Diplom-Kaufmann (degree in business administration)
Former chairman of the executive board of K+S Aktiengesellschaft

Memberships in other domestic, statutory supervisory boards
- Dr. Jens Ehrhardt Kapital AG, Pullach (chairman)
- K+S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel (chairman)

Memberships in comparable German and foreign supervisory committees
- Benteler International AG, Salzburg, Austria (deputy chairman)
- SZVG Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG, Ochsenfurt

Dr. Jochen Fenner
Gelchsheim
Diplom-Agrar-Ingenieur (agricultural engineer)
Independent farmer and Chairman of the executive board of SZVG Süddeutsche Zuckerrübenverwertungs-Genossenschaft eG and chairman of Verband Fränkischer Zuckerrübenbauer e.V.