ForFarmers announces strategy 2025

Lochem, 15 September 2020By 2025 an underlying EBITDA between €125 million and €135 million¹, as a result of both like-for-like growth and acquisitions (2019: €88.5 million and H1 2020: €48.2 million);Annual growth (like-for-like, i.e. excluding acquisitions) of underlying EBITDA by 0%-3%¹ (as of 2020) in the challenging home countries;Operational costs at least €10 million lower in 2025 compared to 2020;A dividend policy, with a distribution of 40%-60% (was 40%-50%) of underlying net profit (after tax). 
¹ At constant currenciesBuild to Grow 2025: customer focused, innovative, efficient and sustainable
As the leading feed company in Europe, ForFarmers is an important link in the value chain that supplies food, including animal protein, to the growing global population. However, with the exception of Poland, the agricultural sector is experiencing growing pressure in the European home markets of ForFarmers. For example farmers are increasingly faced with extensive environmental measures to reduce phosphate and ammonia emissions by animals. Growth expectations for the agricultural sector in Northwest-Europe are consequentially very limited. On a global scale the feed market continues to grow and remain very large and offers opportunities for strong and innovative players such as ForFarmers, both for organic growth and for further consolidation. ForFarmers is already the leading feed company in Europe and aims to retain and enhance this position.
Note to the editor / For additional information:Caroline Vogelzang, Director Investor Relations
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E: caroline.vogelzang@forfarmers.euAbout ForFarmers N.V.
ForFarmers N.V. is an international organisation that offers complete and innovative feed solutions for livestock farming. With its “For the Future of Farming” mission, ForFarmers is committed to the continuity of farming and further sustainalising the agricultural sector.ForFarmers is the market leader in Europe with annual sales of 10.1 million tonnes of animal feed. The company is operating in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland and the United Kingdom. ForFarmers has approximately 2,600 employees. In 2019, the turnover amounted to approximately € 2.5 billion.
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