Company Presentation by Nordzucker AG

175 years of Nordzucker â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Company presentation

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Nordzucker at a glance Nordzucker is… Active throughout Europe 175 years of Nordzucker Nordzucker Executive Board Nordzucker Supervisory Board Shareholders‘ structure

Nordzucker is…

…one of Europe‘s leading sugar producers

…a processor of 17.3 million tons of sugar beet

…strong in matters of sustainability

…a continuous improver of effiency in production and beet cultivation

…a European group with more than 2.4 billion euros in sales

…international with its 3,300 employees

…a modern company and an attractive place to work

…also manufacturer of animal feed and bioethanol

Active throughout Europe: Our locations Headquarters

Liquid sugar plants

1 Braunschweig

11 18

4 Nordstemmen 16 Groß Munzel

Regional head office

2 Nordic Sugar, Copenhagen

Sugar plants

3 Clauen

- non-consolidated

4 Nordstemmen

minority stakes

5 Uelzen

CZ 19

6 Klein Wanzleben

Northern Europe 10

Dobrovice České Meziříčí

7 Schladen DK

25 8

8 Nakskov

Other locations

9 Nykøbing

DK 2 NP Sweet, Copenhagen

10 Örtofta

FIN

11 Säkylä

21 Brussels Office

12 Kedainiai

22 Fibrex, Köpingebro

13 Opalenica

6 Bioethanol, Klein Wanzleben

14 Chełmża

Sales offices

15 Trenčianska Teplá

EE 23 Tallinn LV 24 Riga

Refineries

EE 25 Vilnius

14 Chełmża

NO 26 Oslo

17 Arlöv

- Reykjavík

FIN

18 Porkkala

- Dublin

- Athens

14 5 13

16 3 1 6 4 7

Eastern Europe

Central Europe

20 15

175 years of Nordzucker: 175 years of progress and change Start of sugar production at the Klein Wanzleben plant, Germany Foundation of many new companies and plants Progress in sugar production, mergers of companies, closure of plants

Foundation of Nordzucker AG by a merger of Northern German sugar producers Expansion to Eastern Europe Acquisition of Nordic Sugar, market leader in N. Europe Nordzucker is Europeâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s second largerst sugar producer and a modern company on a solid financial basis. Sustainable action becomes a part of the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s business activities even more.

Competence and experience: The Nordzucker Executive Board

Hartwig Fuchs Chief Executive Officer

Mats Liljestam Chief Marketing Officer

Dr. Michael Noth Chief Financial Officer

Axel Aum端ller Chief Operating Officer

Dr. Lars Gorissen Chief Agricultural Officer

The Nordzucker Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board Members

- Shareholder representatives

- Employee representatives

Chairman of the Board Hans-Christian Koehler Member since

1998

Chairman since

2011

Deeply rooted: Shareholders‘ structure of Nordzucker AG

Shareholders‘ structure EUR 123.7m share capital

Nordzucker Holding AG 84.1 %

Not listed on the stock exchange Union-Zucker Südhannover GmbH 10.8 %

Direct interests 5.1 %

Large fraction of shareholders are beet growers

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Products, product quality & customer orientation Sugar extraction step-by-step 2012/2013 campaign at a glance Sugar: a multifunctional ingredient Our product range Our clients Strong brands for consumers Bioethanol from sugar beet Stevia: sweetener from a natural source

Our certifications

Our core-business in simple terms: Sugar extraction step-by-step

Weighbridge

Centrifuging

Crystallisation

Evaporation

Beet sample

Juice purification

Unloading

Extraction tower

Beet washer

Slicing

Servicecenter Dryer

Silos

Sugar products

Productive: The 2012/2013 campaign at a glance

2.8m tons of sugar 3,290 employees animal feed

EUR 74.1m investments

17.3m tons of beet processed

130,000 m3 of bioethanol

A multifunctional ingredient: Sugar isâ&#x20AC;Ś

from a natural source

a carbohydrate

part of a balanced diet

a natural energy source

a flavour vector and enhancer a natural preservative an essential ingredient of the traditional and modern cuisine a structure and volume supporter for foods

More than 250 products: Our broad product range

Traditional

Specialities

Industrial liquid

Refined sugar

Fondant

Liquid sugar

White sugar

Glaze

Invert sugar syrup

Lump sugar

Brown sugar

Fructose syrup

Icing sugar

Brown raw sugar

Mixed syrup

Nib sugar

White candy sugar

Fructose

Brown candy sugar Jam sugar

Feeds and molasses Bees feed Beet pulps (pellets)

Fertilizer and fuel

Molasses

Carbolime

Vinasse

Bioethanol

Our clients: The food industry and consumers

> 80 %

< 20 %

Sugar for the food industry, including leading manufacturers of bakery, confectionary and dairy products, jams beverages and ice cream

Sugar for consumers distributed by retailers

Strong brands for consumers: SweetFamily and Dansukker

SweetFamily Strong brand in Central and Eastern Europe

Additional information: www.sweet-family.de

Dansukker Market leader in Northern Europe Additional information: www.dansukker.com

Beyond sugar: Bioethanol from sugar beet

Bioethanol plant Klein Wanzleben Annex plant to the Klein Wanzleben sugar plant Production capacity: 130,000m3/year Production of bioethanol for the fuel industry

Stevia: Sweetener from a natural source

NP Sweet Location: Copenhagen A Nordzucker/PureCircle, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, joint venture Development and distribution of sweeteners on the basis of Stevia Stevia: 300 times sweeter than sugar, zero calories

Product safety and transparency: Our certifications Feed safety

GMP B2 1)

Organic

VO (EG) 834/2007 2)

Fairtrade 3)

Fairtrade

Food safety11) FSSC 22000

ISO

ISO 22000 9) + PAS 220

50001 8)

IFS 10)

DIN EN ISO 9001 Quality Management

DIN EN ISO 14001 4)

Energy Management

EMAS/ÖKO Audit 5)

OHSAS 18001 7)

Health and Safety

RED 6)

Environment

1)Central Europe only, incl. Q+S participants, excl. liquid sugar plants, Nakskov (GMP only) 7) SK and Northern Europe only 2) Nordstemmen, Uelzen, liquid sugar Nordstemmen, Nakskov, Nykobing, Arlöv, Örtofta only 8) Nakskov, Nykøbing, Schladen, liquid sugar Groß Munzel/Nord3) DK, FI, S only stemmen, Bioethanol Kl. Wanzl. only; FI: Nat.Energy Effic. Syst. 4) Excl. Opalenica, Chelmza 9) in Northern Europe also valid for animal feed 5) Central Europe only, excl. Liquid sugar plants 10) Nordstemmen, Uelzen only 6) Central Europe only, excl. Liquid sugar plants 11) All locations comply with kosher requirements (except SK); all locations in Central Europe and Northern Europe comply with halal requirements

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Sustainability is our bottom line Sustainability at Nordzucker Examples from cultivation and production Our dedication for our employees and society Health and working safety at Nordzucker

Strengthening responsibility: Sustainability at Nordzucker

Ambitious approach to sustainability boosts our competitive power

Our goal: Extending sustainability efforts in all business processes

Climate and environmental awareness are deeply rooted within the company, achieving further energy efficiencies most important objective

Detailed Sustainability Report gives an insight into our responsible business practices

Sustainability in practice: Examples from beet cultivation and production

More efficient cultivation methods

Increasing sugar yield per hectare

Continuous reduction of energy consumption by 40 per cent since 1990, CO2 emissions by 60 per cent

Sustainability in practice: Our dedication for employees and our society Supporting „Phantoms@School“, „GirlsBaskets-Regio 38“ and other projects Focus on knowledge transfer about nutrition and support of physical activity

Nordzucker as an attractive place to work Life-long learning, filling vacancies with internals, part-time studies, talent promotion Flexible working hours, health promotion, work-life balance concept

Responsibility for employees: Health and working safety at Nordzucker

At Nordzucker, health and working safety is a core priority. For us, health and safety are the prerequisites for successful work Nordzucker does not tolerate unsafe work practices or conditions that impair health.

Everybody is responsible We have introduced a broad-based approach to revitalising our current health and safety work, placing even more emphasis on employee involvement and accident prevention. We support ideas for the improvement of health and working safety.

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Financial key figures Revenues Revenues by region Net income Dividend (Nordzucker AG) Financial key figures at a glance

Revenues

Consolidated revenues in EUR m 2,443

2,018 1,806

1,815

2009/2010

2010/2011

+ 21 % compared to last year

2011/2012

2012/2013

Revenues by region

Revenues by region Nordzucker group

Central Europe 44 %

Eastern Europe 16 %

Northern Europe 40 %

56% revenues abroad

Net income

Consolidated net income in EUR m 360

+ 73 % compared to last year 208

-10 2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

Dividend (Nordzucker AG)

Dividend per share EUR 1.80

Total dividend: EUR 86.9m 1.00

0.46

0.00

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

Financial key figures at a glance

2009/2010

2010/2011

2011/2012

2012/2013

Revenues

EUR m

1,806

1,815

2,018

2,443

EBIT

EUR m

188

315

507

Net income

EUR m

-10

208

360

Cashflow from operating activities

EUR m

328

313

222

313

Equity

EUR m

744

819

999

1,316

Return on revenues

-0.7

4.8

10.1

14.4

Equity ratio

Sugar production

2.9

2.3

2.9

2.8

4,346

3,508

3,280

3,290

Employees

Your contacts

Corporate Communications/Public Affairs Christian Kionka Phone

+49 (0) 531 2411 173

Fax

+49 (0) 531 2411 378

pr@nordzucker.de

Investor Relations Bianca Deppe-Leickel Phone

+49 (0) 531 2411 335

Fax

+49 (0) 531 2411 378

ir@nordzucker.de