Brief: Unibel FY Operating Profit Up 15.7% At 242 Million Euros

Unibel SA

19/03/2021 08:14

March 19 (Reuters) - Unibel Sa  CBQP.PA :
    * FY NET PROFIT ROSE 23.1 PERCENT TO 92.3 MILLION EUR
    * FY EARNINGS PER SHARE 44.02 EUR VERSUS 35.76 EUR YEAR AGO
    * FY EUR 242 MILLION OPERATING PROFIT, UP 15.7%, 86 BPS
OPERATING
MARGIN INCREASE TO 7.0%
    * FY CONSOLIDATED NET PROFIT UP 23.1%
    * EUR 382 MILLION OPERATING CASH FLOW, UP EUR 79 MILLION
    * AT ITS MARCH 18, 2021 MEETING, UNIBEL BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PROPOSED A EUR 11 PER SHARE DIVIDEND, WHICH WILL GO EX-DIVIDEND
ON MAY 19TH AND PAID ON MAY 21ST
    * START OF 2021 IS STILL OVERSHADOWED BY UNCERTAINTY DUE TO
PANDEMIC AND GEOPOLITICAL CONFLICTS IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH
AFRICA
    * FOR 2021: GROUP REMAINS CONFIDENT IN ITS ABILITY TO
STRENGTHEN
ITS MARKET SHARE IN HEALTHY SNACKING
    * AT DECEMBER 31, 2020, EQUITY TOTALLED EUR 1,908 MILLION,
UP FROM
EUR 1,863 MILLION AT DECEMBER 31, 2019

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