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Danone held its 2025 Shareholders' Meeting with 72.66% of total outstanding share capital represented. Shareholders approved all resolutions, including financial statements for 2024 and a cash dividend of €2.15 per share, representing a 2.4% increase from previous year. The dividend ex-date is set for May 5, 2025, with payment on May 7, 2025.
The meeting approved renewals for Antoine de Saint-Affrique (CEO) and independent directors Patrice Louvet, Géraldine Picaud, and Susan Roberts. Additionally, Danone continues its global Employee Share Subscription Plan, allowing international employees from 48 countries to subscribe to new shares at a 30% discount from the reference price, covering approximately 85% of worldwide employees.
Danone (DANOY) reported strong Q1 2025 performance with sales reaching €6,844 million, representing a +4.3% like-for-like growth. The growth was driven by both volume/mix (+1.9%) and price (+2.4%) increases across all categories.
Geographic performance highlights include: China, North Asia & Oceania showing exceptional growth of +9.9% LFL, North America delivering solid +3.7% growth led by High Protein products, and Europe achieving +2.0% growth with positive volume/mix for the sixth consecutive quarter.
By category, Specialized Nutrition grew +5.3%, Waters +4.1%, and EDP (Essential Dairy & Plant-based) +3.7%. The company completed a share buyback of 2.7 million shares for €192 million and issued an €800 million bond with an 8-year maturity. Danone confirmed its 2025 guidance with LFL sales growth expected between +3% and +5%, with recurring operating income growing faster than sales.
Danone (DANOY) has released its latest voting rights and shares report as of March 31, 2025. The company's total share capital consists of 679,553,991 shares, with 698,754,239 theoretical (gross) voting rights and 660,657,571 exercisable (net) voting rights.
The theoretical voting rights serve as the basis for calculating shareholding threshold crossings, including shares with suspended voting rights, in accordance with AMF General Regulation Article 223-11. The exercisable voting rights figure excludes shares with suspended voting rights and is published to ensure public transparency, following AMF's recommendation from July 17, 2007.
Danone (DANOY) has announced its upcoming Combined Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for April 24, 2025, at 2:30 pm (Paris time). The meeting will take place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France.
The company has published both preliminary and meeting notices in the French Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires on March 5 and April 2, 2025. All relevant documentation, including draft resolutions, Board of Directors' report, and participation information, is available on Danone's website. The annual report of the Mission Committee will also be accessible to shareholders.
The meeting will be broadcast live and recorded in both French and English on Danone's website, ensuring accessibility for international shareholders.
Danone (DANOY) has successfully issued a €800 million bond with an 8-year maturity and a 3.438% coupon rate. The bond issuance, announced on April 1, 2025, aims to enhance the company's funding flexibility and extend its debt maturity.
The settlement is scheduled for April 7, 2025, with the bonds to be listed on Euronext Paris. The issue attracted widespread subscription from diverse investors, demonstrating strong confidence in Danone's business model and credit profile. The company maintains stable credit ratings of BBB+ from Standard & Poor's and Baa1 from Moody's.
Danone (DANOY) has released a regulatory update regarding its voting rights and shares in compliance with French regulatory requirements. The company, headquartered at 17 boulevard Haussmann in Paris, provided information on two key metrics:
1. Theoretical voting rights ('gross' voting rights): Used for calculating shareholding thresholds, including all shares with voting rights, even those suspended.
2. Exercisable voting rights ('net' voting rights): Calculated excluding shares with suspended voting rights, published to ensure public transparency as per AMF recommendation from July 17, 2007.
Danone (DANOY) has filed its 2024 Universal Registration Document with the French Financial Markets Authority on March 11, 2025. The comprehensive document includes the annual financial report, Board of Directors' report on corporate governance, details of the share buyback program, and management report with sustainability information.
The document is publicly accessible through regulatory channels and on Danone's website under the Investors section. Additionally, draft resolutions for the upcoming Shareholders' Meeting scheduled for April 24, 2025, along with the Board's report on these resolutions, are available on the company's website.
Danone (DANOY) has announced the public availability of its consolidated financial statements and statutory auditors' report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024. The documents can be accessed on the company's website www.danone.com in the Investors section under Financial and extra-financial reports.
Danone (DANOY) reported strong FY 2024 results with like-for-like sales growth of +4.3%, driven by +3.0% volume/mix and +1.3% price increases. Q4 2024 sales reached €6,716m, up +4.7% like-for-like.
The company's recurring operating margin improved to 13.0%, up 39 basis points from last year, supported by strong productivity levels. Free cash flow increased to €3,003 million, while net debt decreased significantly to €8.6 billion from €10.2 billion.
Notable developments include:
- Recurring EPS increased by +2.5% to €3.63
- Proposed dividend of €2.15 per share, up +2.4% year-over-year
- Announced share buyback program of 2.7 million shares for 2025
- 2025 guidance: like-for-like sales growth between +3% and +5%
Danone has reached an agreement with NGOs ClientEarth, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and Zero Waste France to end legal proceedings regarding its plastic-related vigilance plan. The settlement follows a mediation process ordered by the Paris Judicial Court after the NGOs initiated legal action on January 9, 2023.
The agreement requires Danone to strengthen its vigilance plan by providing more detailed descriptions of plastic packaging impacts and outlining specific actions for reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering plastic packaging. These measures align with the company's Société à Mission objectives.
The company expressed satisfaction with the transparent dialogue process and emphasized its commitment to continue working towards collective mobilization of private and public sector players to address systemic obstacles in developing a circular economy.
