REG-Afarak Group: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELEASE 2025

Afarak SEAnnouncement

27/02/2026 09:00

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09:00 London, 11:00 Helsinki, 27 February 2026 - Afarak Group
SE ("Afarak" or "the Company") (LSE: AFRK, NASDAQ: AFAGR)

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS RELEASE 2025

                                         H2/25  H2/24  FY2025  FY2024  
 Revenue                    EUR million  64.2   57.2   141.3   128.6   
 EBITDA                     EUR million  -7.1   -1.6   -0.2    2.6     
 EBIT                       EUR million  -8.5   -3.2   -2.6    -0.1    
 Earnings before taxes      EUR million  -11.0  -7.2   -7.5    -5.3    
 Loss for the period        EUR million  -11.4  -7.8   -8.9    -7.2    
 Earnings per share         EUR          -0.04  -0.03  -0.03   -0.03   
 EBITDA margin              %            -11.1  -2.9   -0.2    2.0     
 EBIT margin                %            -13.3  -5.6   -1.8    -0.1    
 Earnings margin            %            -17.1  -12.5  -5.3    -4.1    
 Personnel (end of period)               626    602    626     602     

SECOND HALF 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
* Revenue for the second half of 2025 increased to EUR 64.2 (H2/2024: 57.2)
million;
* Speciality Alloys processed material sold increased by 32.7%, to 13,053
(H2/2024: 9,837) tonnes;
* Tonnage mined decreased by 43%, to 101,847 (H2/2024: 177,972) tonnes.
* Group’s EBITDA decreased to EUR -7.1 (H2/2024: -1.6) million and the
EBITDA margin stood at -11.1% (H2/2024: -2.9%);
* EBIT was EUR –8.5 (H2/2024: -3.2) million and the EBIT margin stood at
-13.3% (H2/2024: -5.6%);
* Loss for the period totalled EUR -11.4 (H2/2024: -7.8) million;
* Cash flow from operations during H2 2025 was EUR 2.7 (H2/2024: -0.9)
million;
* The interest-bearing debt of the Group reduced to EUR 3.4 (31 December 2024:
2.6) (30 June 2025: 4.9) million;
* Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December totalled EUR 7.3 (31 December 2024:
4.0) (30 June 2025: 5.8) million.
FULL YEAR 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
* The Group revenue was higher compared to prior year EUR 141.3 (FY/2024:
128.6) million;
* Speciality Alloys Processed material sold increased by30.6%, to 28,407
(FY/2024: 21,759) tonnes;
* Tonnage mined decreased by 31.3%, to 251,257 (FY/2024: 365,929) tonnes. The
Zeerust mine in South Africa was disposed of mid-year.
* EBITDA during the year decreased to EUR -0.2 (FY/2024: 2.6) million. EBIT
stood at EUR -2.6 (FY/2024: -0.1) million;
* Loss for the full year 2025 totalled EUR -8.9 (FY/2024: -7.2) million.
MARKET SENTIMENT FOR Q1/2026

Our customer base is suffering

For the fourth year in a row the EU steel industry has contracted in 2025,
after a brief increase in Q1. The share of low priced imported steel in the EU
is at a record high of 27%. In the case of stainless steel the share is 25%.
The output of steel in the EU has dropped by 3.4% year on year. Modest
recovery is projected for 2026, but high uncertainty is expected, given:
Global overcapacity of 680 M mt of steel worldwide. Europe is disadvantaged by
high energy cost and disrupted flows created by the 50% USA tariff implemented
mid-2025.

Our margins are still under pressure
While the market price for Lc Fe-Cr started to show more sustained
improvements in the last quarter 2025, the falling USD exchange rate has wiped
out most of the positive effect. Low Carbon Ferrochrome continues to be a USD
commodity.
CBAM  and new EU safeguard measures have started to show some positive
effects early 2026, but the cost of energy and the rise of the carbon
compliance cost is going to continue weighing heavily on European producers.

CEO GUY KONSBRUCK

After a brief moderate peak in Q1, the business environment deteriorated again
in 2025. The stainless-steel demand was historically low, especially in
Europe. Demand for low carbon ferro-chrome suffered from this fact.
We succeeded to substantially increase our sales, but the generated EBITDA of
-0.2 M€ shows that the price pressure from low-cost imports (India,
Kazakhstan, Russia and China) weighed heavily on our margins.
A setback in Cr Ore prices and some unexpected delays caused a below
expectation result in our South African Chrome Ore operation

Helsinki, February 27, 2026

Afarak Group SE

Board of Directors

For additional information, please contact:

Guy Konsbruck, CEO, +356 2122 1566, guy.konsbruck@afarak.com  

Financial reports and other investor information are available on the
Company's website: www.afarak.com.

Afarak Group is a specialist alloy producer focused on delivering sustainable
growth with a Speciality Alloys business in southern Europe and a
FerroAlloys business in South Africa. The Company is listed on NASDAQ
Helsinki (AFAGR) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (AFRK).

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