Company Josef Manner & Comp. AG

Josef Manner & Comp AG is an Austria-based manufacturer of confectionery. The Company's principal product range features a variety of cream-filled wafers with hazelnut and chocolate; biscuits and biscuit fingers; Dragee-Keksi, which are miniature biscuits coated in white, milk or dark chocolate; chocolate-banana XL bars; white or milk chocolate-coated, rum and coconut candies; a range of products for diabetics; and bitter chocolate, among others. The Company's products are sold through five different brand names: Manner, comprising Company's wafer products, biscuits, chocolate toppings and gingerbread; Ildefonso, which offers nougat; Victor Schmidt, offering the luxury chocolates Mozartkugeln; Casali, offering chocolate-bananas as well as rum-coconut and vodka-orange ranges; and Napoli, which is responsible for Dragee-Keksi. The Company’s products are exported to more than 50 European and non-European countries. As of December 31, 2011, it operated four wholly owned subsidiaries.

Number of employees: 865