EQS-Adhoc: Verbio SE: Suspension of dividend for the financial year 2024/25

Leipzig, September 22, 2025 – The Supervisory Board and Management Board of Verbio SE decided today, with the adoption of the audited annual financial statements for 2024/25, not to propose the payment of a dividend to the annual general meeting to be held on December 5, 2025. The audited financial statements confirmed the preliminary earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA).

As a consequence of the political decision to suspend the carry-over of GHG quotas in the obligation years 2025 and 2026, an amount in the EUR 100 million range remains tied up in inventory assets. The surpluses accumulated until 2024 will be available again from 2027. With the expected regulatory changes, a significant increase in quota prices is to be expected from 2026.

The dividend suspension strengthens the Company’s available liquidity and makes it possible to hold a high level of quotas in inventory after 2027. The Company continues to adhere to a prudent financial policy that gives it financial room for manoeuvre and flexibility.


About Verbio
At Verbio we make more from biomass. In our biorefineries we convert raw materials and residual products from regional agriculture into climate-friendly fuels, green energy, and renewable products for the chemical industry and agriculture. In addition, we create high-value components from sustainably-generated biomass for the animal feed and foodstuff industries. We employ more than 1,400 people at our locations in Europa, Asia, and North America. Our motto “Pioneering green solutions” sums up what drives our international team: with innovative technologies and green solutions, we are shaping the social and industrial transformation toward climate neutrality and ecological production. We contribute to preserving natural resources and to safeguarding the planet’s environment for future generations. We combine global growth with commercial success. For us, climate protection is an expression of social responsibility. At the same time, we contribute to security of supply by converting locally available biomass into renewable energy sources and sustainable chemicals. Verbio shares (ISIN DE000A0JL9W6/WKN A0JL9W) have been listed in the prime standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since October 2006. Our headquarters are in Zörbig, Germany.


Important notice
This publication contains forward-looking statements that are based on current assumptions and estimates made by the management of Verbio SE. Although the Company’s management is of the opinion that these assumptions and estimations are realistic, actual future developments and actual future results may differ significantly from these assumptions and estimates due to a variety of factors. These factors can include, among other things, changes in the financial and asset situation, the development or performance of the company, the legal and regulatory framework in Germany and the EU, and changes in the industry. Verbio neither intends nor undertakes any obligation to ensure that forward-looking statements are achieved or updated or adjusted to future events and developments.


Contact:
Verbio SE
Ritterstraße 23 (Oelßner's Hof)
04109 Leipzig

Alina Köhler (IR)
Ulrike Kurze (PR)
+49(0)341/308530-299
E-Mail: ir@verbio.de/pr@verbio.de