At the annual general meeting of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG to be held on January 31, 2020 the Management Board will propose the payment of a dividend of EUR 0.20 per qualifying share, which is unchanged compared with the previous year (2017/2018: EUR 0.20). The Supervisory Board approved the proposal made by the Management Board at its meeting held on September 20, 2019.

The company announced earnings results for the full year 2019. The company reported sales revenues in the financial year 2018/2019 of EUR 779.3 million (2017/2018: EUR 685.9 million). The 13.6% increase compared to the previous year is primarily due to higher prices for bioethanol, biodiesel and by-products. The Group result before taxation and interest (EBIT) increased to EUR 73.7 million, an increase of 229.0% (2017/2018: EUR 22.4 million). Based on the result for the period, earnings per share (basic and diluted) was EUR 0.84 (2017/2018: EUR 0.24).