Südzucker AG: Correction of the release from 14/10/2025, 12:25 CEST

Südzucker expects significant increase in earnings in Q3 of the current financial year 2025/26

Mannheim (pta029/14.10.2025/18:50 UTC+2)

Correction to the October 14, 2025 release on the increase in earnings with regard to a typo in the reference to the prior-year period in the English version.

Südzucker expects significant increase in earnings in the third quarter of the current financial year 2025/26

After a positive start to the third quarter of financial year 2025/26 (1 September to 30 November 2025), Südzucker AG expects a significant improvement in both EBITDA and operating profit for the full quarter compared to the prior-year period (Q3 2024/25: EBITDA: EUR 82 million; operating result: EUR -33 million).

Forecast for the current financial year 2025/26 confirmed

Südzucker confirms the forecast for financial year 2025/26 that was revised on August 21, 2025 and reaffirmed on October 9, 2025 as part of the half-year report 2025/26 (1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026) and expects a significant decline in group revenues between EUR 8.3 and 8.7 billion. Group EBITDA is expected between EUR 470 and 570 million and group operating result is expected between EUR 100 and 200 million.

In this forecast for the 2025/26 financial year, it remains important to acknowledge that the future business performance of the Südzucker Group continues to be subject to significant uncertainties due to the ongoing geopolitical and global economic developments.

Südzucker AG
Maximilianstraße 10
68165 Mannheim, Germany

Investor Relations:
Andreas Rothe
Phone: +49 621 421-240
investor.relations@suedzucker.de

Financial Press:
Dr Wolfgang Kraus
Phone: +49 621 421-205
public.relations@suedzucker.de

About the Südzucker Group

Südzucker is a major player in the food industry with its sugar, special products, starch and fruit segments, and Europe's leading ethanol producer with its CropEnergies segment.

In the traditional sugar business, the group is Europe's number one supplier of sugar products, with 21 sugar factories and two refineries, extending from France in the west via Belgium, Germany and Austria, through to Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Bosnia, and Moldova in the east. The special products segment, with its consumer-oriented functional ingredients for food and animal feed (BENEO), chilled/frozen products (Freiberger) and portion packs (PortionPack Group), operates in dynamic growth markets. Südzucker's CropEnergies segment is Europe's leading producer of renewable ethanol, with production sites in Germany, Belgium, France and Great Britain. Other products in this segment are protein food and animal feed products as well as biogenic carbon dioxide. The starch segment comprises AGRANA's starch and ethanol activities. The group's fruit segment operates globally, is the world market leader for fruit preparations for dairies and is a leading supplier of fruit juice concentrates in Europe.

In 2024/25, the group employed about 19.300 persons and generated revenues of about EUR 9.7 billion.

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Emitter:	Südzucker AG Maximilianstraße 10 68165 Mannheim Germany
Contact Person:	Andreas Rothe
Phone:	+49 621 - 421-240
E-Mail:	investor.relations@suedzucker.de
Website:	www.suedzuckergroup.com
ISIN(s):	DE0007297004 (Share) XS1724873275 (Bond) XS2550868801 (Bond) XS2970728205 (Bond) XS3071332293 (Bond)
Stock Exchange(s):	Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart; Free Market in Hannover, Tradegate