Healthy growth, good profitability and strong cash generation

We are celebrating our 25-year anniversary with a return to healthy volume growth, surpassing the pre-pandemic chocolate volume of 2018/19 and clearly outperforming the market.

• Sales volume up +4.6%, all Regions and Key growth drivers contributed

• Sales revenue of CHF 7.2 billion, up +8.7% in local currencies (+4.6% in CHF)

• Operating profit (EBIT) up +18.9%¹ in local currencies (+15.4%¹ in CHF) to CHF 566.7 million

• Net profit up +24.2%¹ in local currencies (+20.4%¹ in CHF) to CHF 384.5 million

• Strong Free cash flow of CHF 355 million

• Confident on mid-term guidance²

• Antoine de Saint-Affrique proposed as new member of the Board of Directors

• Proposed dividend of CHF 28.00 per share, a payout ratio of 40%

¹ _{Compared to prior-year Operating profit (EBIT) recurring and Net profit recurring.}
²_{On average for the 3-year period 2020/21 to 2022/23: 5–7% volume growth and EBIT above volume growth in local currencies, barring any major unforeseeable events.}

This year marks the 25-year anniversary of Barry Callebaut. From its beginning, Barry Callebaut has been dedicated to sustainability, which constitutes one of our four strategic pillars. In 2016 we launched Forever Chocolate, our bold plan to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025. Since we started our journey, we have been driven to make sustainable chocolate the norm, even though we were clear that we did not have all the answers to achieve our goals. It is a road which we are still travelling on. However, as we look back over the past five years we see there has been a progressive scaling up in our activities and continued partnering with societal and industry stakeholders to create tangible impact on the ground.