Südzucker AG: Südzucker reduces its forecast for the financial year 2025/26

Mannheim (pta019/21.08.2025/18:25 UTC+2)

Südzucker AG reduces the forecast published on February 11, 2025 for the financial year 2025/26 (1 March 2025 to 28 February 2026). Südzucker expects group revenues to be between EUR 8.3 and 8.7 (previous forecast: EUR 8.7 to 9.2; 2024/25: EUR 9.7) billion. Group EBITDA is expected between EUR 470 and 570 (previous forecast: EUR 525 to 675; 2024/25: EUR 723) million, while group operating result is projected to be between EUR 100 and 200 (previous forecast: EUR 150 to 300; 2024/25: EUR 350) million.

In the sugar segment, persistently low global market prices combined with the EU market environment are expected to result in a reduced earnings contribution in the second half of the current 2025/26 fiscal year compared to the previous forecast. Although the EU market environment shows price increases, it remains below expectations.

In the CropEnergies segment, operating profit is also expected to be significantly below the previous forecast. The reasons are persistently low ethanol prices, which cannot be fully offset by declining net raw material costs, as well as technical difficulties following a scheduled maintenance shutdown, which are negatively impacting the operating profit.

In the special products segment, business development in the 2025/26 financial year is also below previous expectations. Due to increased material costs, which could only be partially passed on to customers, and growing price pressure on the sales side, the operating profit is expected to be below the previous forecast.

It should be noted that the forecast for the 2025/26 financial year remains subject to uncertainty due to the economic and financial impacts of the current geopolitical and global economic development. It continues to remain difficult to assess in terms of their effect on the future business performance of the Südzucker Group.

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
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