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Südzucker AG welcomes the recommendation of the delisting tender offer by CropEnergies AG

EQS-News: Südzucker AG / Key word(s): Tender Offer Südzucker AG welcomes the recommendation of the delisting tender offer by CropEnergies AG 26.01.2024 / 14:55 CET/CEST The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION (IN WHOLE OR IN PART) IN, INTO OR FROM ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD VIOLATE THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION Press release

Mannheim, January 26, 2024

Südzucker AG welcomes the recommendation of the delisting tender offer by CropEnergies AG

• Management Board and Supervisory Board of CropEnergies AG recommend ac-ceptance of the offer in their joint reasoned opinion on the public delisting ten-der offer by Südzucker AG

• Management Board and Supervisory Board consider the offer price of € 11.50 cash per CropEnergies share to be appropriate and to reflect the fair value of the share

Südzucker AG ("Südzucker") was informed today by the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board of CropEnergies AG ("CropEnergies") that both boards recommend their shareholders to accept Südzucker's delisting tender offer in their joint reasoned opinion on the public delisting tender offer.

Dr Niels Pörksen, CEO of Südzucker, says: “We are pleased about the positive vote of the Super-visory Board and the Executive Board of CropEnergies in favour of our delisting tender offer. It shows that not only the offered price of € 11.50 per CropEnergies share is appropriate, but also that the intended delisting of the CropEnergies shares on the regulated market is in the best interest of all stakeholders.”

The acceptance period has commenced with the publication of the offer document for the public delisting tender offer on January 17, 2024, and will end at midnight (CET) on February 16, 2024. CropEnergies shareholders who wish to accept the delisting tender offer must promptly contact their respective custodian bank or any other securities services company where their CropEnergies shares are being held.