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âThis was yet another good quarter for Mowi, with our best ever seawater
production and harvest volumes of 161,000 tonnes. Weâve never had more fish in
the sea, with biomass in sea up 4.4% year-on-year at quarter end,â Mowi CEO Ivan
Vindheim said.
Mowi is well positioned to meet its harvest volume guidance for 2024 of a
milestone 500,000 tonnes. Furthermore, record-high biomass in sea supports 2025
volume guidance of 520,000 tonnes, the first step towards Mowiâs next milestone
of harvesting 600,000 tonnes of salmon, expected in 2029.
520,000 tonnes in 2025 represents growth of 145,000 tonnes since 2018,
equivalent to 4.8% CAGR vs. 2.7% average for the industry. Continued growth in
Mowiâs farming operations will in turn lead to growth in the companyâs other two
divisions - Consumer Products and Feed.
âIt is a privilege to work in an organisation that is always striving to improve
and take the company to the next level. We aim to continue growing faster than
the wider industry, by expanding our use of postsmolt and through increased
smolt release. We expect another year with limited supply growth for the wider
industry at 2% or lower,â Vindheim said.
Mowiâs farming costs fell in the third quarter vs the first and second quarters
on the back of lower feed prices and economies of scale on higher volumes. A
continuing downward trend in feed prices is expected to contribute to further
cost reductions, in addition to savings all across the value chain on the back
of Mowiâs own cost savings programme worth EUR 300-400 million over the next
five years.
Mowi Consumer Products, the groupâs value-added business, delivered record-high
results in the third quarter on good operational performance, strong volumes and
seasonally lower raw material prices.
âWe see good retail demand for our products, and expect demand in the restaurant
sector to improve as consumer purchasing power increases fuelled by falling
interest rates and rising wages,â Vindheim said.
Mowi Feed delivered the best quarterly result ever, on all-time high earnings
and record-high volumes. This positive volume development was driven by good
seawater growth and demand from Farming.
Mowiâs Board has decided to pay a quarterly dividend of NOK 1.50 per share.
For further information, please contact:
Kristian Ellingsen, CFO, +47 905 14 275
Kim Galtung Døsvig, IR Officer & Head of Treasury, +47 908 76?339
Ola Helge Hjetland, Group Communications Director, +47 970 67 932
About Mowi ASA
Mowi is one of the worldâs leading seafood companies and the largest producer of
farm-raised Atlantic salmon in the world, with an estimated harvest for 2024 of
500 000 tonnes from seven farming countries including Norway, Scotland, Ireland,
Faroes, Iceland, Canada and Chile.
Mowi is a fully integrated global seafood company, bringing salmon and other
seafood of supreme quality to consumers around the world, partly under its own
MOWI brand. Mowi is ranked as the most sustainable listed animal protein
producer in the world by Coller FAIRR.
With headquarters in Bergen, Norway, Mowi employs 11 600 people in 26 countries
worldwide, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Turnover was EUR 5.5
billion in 2023.
For more information, please visit www.mowi.com (http://www.mowi.com).
Forward looking statements
This release may be deemed to include forward-looking statements, such as
statements that relate to Mowiâs goals and strategies, salmon prices, ability to
increase or vary harvest volume, production capacity, trends in the seafood
industry, restructuring initiatives, exchange rate and interest rate
fluctuations, expected research and development expenditures, business prospects
and positioning with respect to market, demographic and pricing trends,
strategic initiatives, and the effects of any extraordinary events and various
other matters (including developments with respect to laws, regulations and
governmental policies regulating the industry and changes in accounting
policies, standards and interpretations) on Mowiâs business and results.
Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases, such as
âbelieve,â âexpect,â âanticipate,â âintend,â âestimate,â âmay increase,â âmay
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future or conditional verbs such as âmay,â âwill,â âshould,â âwould,â and
âcould.â Forward-looking statements are Mowiâs current estimates or expectations
of future events or future results. Actual results could differ materially from
those indicated by these statements because the realization of those results is
subject to many risks and uncertainties. Mowi ASAâs Annual
Report contains additional information about factors that could affect actual
results, including: changes to the price of salmon including the value of our
biological assets; hedging risks; risks related to fish feed; economic and
market risks; environmental risks; operational risks; risks related to escapes,
disease and sea lice; product risks; risks related to our acquisitions;
financing risks; regulation risks including relating to food safety, the
aquaculture industry, processing, competition, anti-trust and anti-corruption;
trade restriction risks; litigation risks; tax and accounting risks; strategic
and competitive risks; and reputation risks. All forward-looking statements
included in this release are based on information available at the time of the
release, and Mowi assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
statement.
This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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