EQS-Ad-hoc: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s):
Dividend/Forecast
AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft: Dividend proposal of € 0.70 per
share for the 2024|25 financial year; Group operating profit (EBIT) in
2025|26 on par with prior year
24-Apr-2025 / 11:49 CET/CEST
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AD-HOC ANNOUNCEMENT
Publication of inside information under article 17 MAR
Vienna, 24 April 2025
Dividend proposal of € 0.70 per share for the 2024|25 financial year
Group operating profit (EBIT) in 2025|26 on par with prior year
Following the conclusion of the audit of its consolidated financial
statements, AGRANA generated operating profit (EBIT) in its 2024|25
financial year (1 March 2024 to 28 February 2025) in an amount of € 40.5
million (prior year: € 151.0 million). Exceptional items amounted to €
–36.4 million and the share of results of equity-accounted joint ventures
ultimately amounted to € 0.5 million. Earnings per share declined to €
–0.07 (prior year: € 1.04). Consolidated revenue amounted to € 3,514.0
million (prior year: € 3,786.9 million).
The provisional plans for the 2025|26 financial year sufficiently accurate
to allow the Management Board to make an initial forecast for the new
financial year. For the 2025|26 financial year (1 March 2025 to 28
February 2026), AGRANA expects EBIT to be around the level of the prior
year (0% to +1% or 0% to –1%). Consolidated revenue is expected to decline
slightly (by more than –1% and by up to –5%).
The EBIT in the first quarter of the 2025|26 financial year is forecast to
be very significantly lower than in the prior-year period (Q1 2024|25: €
32.3 million). On the one hand, the operational earnings environment in
the Sugar segment is expected to remain very weak, and, on the other,
extraordinary personnel expenses associated with plant closures in March
2025 will also have to be taken into account in this segment.
With regard to this guidance, it should be taken into account that further
impacts are expected as a result of the ongoing Ukraine War and the
associated intensification of the extreme volatility prevailing in sales
and procurement markets. This applies in particular to the further
development of tariff-free imports of agricultural products from Ukraine
(e.g. sugar and cereals) into the EU. The economic and financial impacts,
as well as the duration, of the ongoing upheaval affecting global tariff
policies is also difficult to forecast.
The Management Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG has today decided – subject
to a corresponding resolution passed by the Supervisory Board – to propose
a dividend payout in the amount of € 0.70 per share at the Annual General
Meeting for the 2024|25 financial year (dividend for 2023|24: € 0.90 per
share). This is equivalent to a dividend payout ratio relative to the
closing price on the balance sheet date (28 February 2025) of 6.6%. The
Supervisory Board meeting is planned for 8 May 2025 and the Annual General
Meeting scheduled to take place on 4 July 2025.
AGRANA therefore remains committed to a predictable, reliable and
transparent dividend policy that is geared to continuity. The dividends
are based not only on the result but also on the Group’s cash flow and
debt situation, while simultaneously maintaining a solid balance sheet
structure.
The publication of the Annual Report 2024|25, in addition to all the
details relating to the annual results for 2024|25 and the outlook for
2025|26, will take place as scheduled on 9 May 2025.
This announcement is available in German and English at (1)www.agrana.com.
End of Inside Information
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Language: English
Company: AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft
F.-W.-Raiffeisen-Platz 1
A-1020 Wien
Austria
Phone: +43-1-21137-0
Fax: +43-1-21137-12926
E-mail: investor.relations@agrana.com
Internet: www.agrana.com
ISIN: AT000AGRANA3
WKN: A2NB37
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Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange; Vienna Stock Exchange
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