Brief: AAK Q4 Operating Profit Up At SEK 659 Mln

AAK AB (publ)

04/02/2022 12:23

Feb 4 (Reuters) - AAK AB (publ)  AAK.ST :
    * AAK'S INTERIM REPORT FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR-END
REPORT
2021 - RECORD-HIGH OPERATING PROFIT WITH STRONG DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS THE BOARD
    * Q4 TOTAL VOLUMES 610,000 MT VERSUS 580,000 MT YEAR AGO
    * BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROPOSES THAT A DIVIDEND OF SEK 2.50
(2.30)
PER SHARE BE PAID FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2021.
    * Q4 OPERATING PROFIT SEK 659 MILLION VERSUS SEK 607 MILLION
YEAR
AGO
    * TRENDS SEEN IN PRECEDING QUARTERS CONTINUED IN Q4.
    * Q4 PROFIT FOR PERIOD AMOUNTED TO SEK 480 MILLION (439)
    * BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROPOSES THAT A DIVIDEND OF SEK 2.50
(2.30)
PER SHARE BE PAID FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2021
    * VOLUMES WERE UP 5 PERCENT COMPARED TO CORRESPONDING
QUARTER LAST
YEAR, WITH STRONG DEMAND IN CHOCOLATE & CONFECTIONERY FATS AND
FOOD INGREDIENTS
    * POSITIVE MOMENTUM IN CHOCOLATE & CONFECTIONERY FATS SEEN
IN
PREVIOUS QUARTERS CONTINUED


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