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The Dutch plant-based food group released strong Q3 2024 results yesterday. The highlight of the quarter was positive volume growth for two of the
Formerly known as Upfield, the Dutch edible spreads business launched a €100 million add-on to its existing 6.875% senior secured notes at
Upfield reported its Q2 2024 financial results yesterday and followed up with a call. In general, the quarter was below our estimates (with the exception of margins) with the
In line with the sunny weather, the company decided to tap the strong primary market and launch a €400 million senior secured notes
The company reported Q1 2024 financial results yesterday and hosted a call with investors. Upfield missed our topline estimate as we expected growth in the single digit while
Reports in the press on a proposed sale of Upfield at US$ 10 billion to an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund (ADQ) which were cancelled were beyond
Please see our updated model on Upfield post the Q4 2023 results here.
Q4 2023 results were broadly in line with our expectations and projections. More importantly, though, the company has been tracking if no
The company is launching further add-ons to their TLB. This doesn’t look transformative, but
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Slowly but surely the Company and its private equity shareholder is extending the maturity of its capital structure to match the time needed to transition the
Upfield published their Q3 results last night, ahead of their conference call today. With price deflation in the spreadable market, sales were down 10%. Gross profit
Upfield has upsized its tap from earlier this week, in line with our previous comment. The new size is $215m fungible with the current Term
Upfield have launched a €100m tap to the previously extended facilities this morning. In July, 79% of the €2.4bn facility was extended to January 2028
Upfield are holding an investor call today at 1:30 UK time on an amend and extend of its €, $ and £ term loan tranches, with the aim to
Further press reports on lower food inflation, with the FT citing “softening” butter prices due to a reduction in dairy producers’ costs. In Germany, prices are
Upfield have partially extended its Bank Loan Facilities, the RCF to October 2027 and Polish Zloty Term Loan Facilities to January 2028. However, the
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With just over 2yrs left until the maturity of the Term Loans, is it time for Upfield to focus its mind on refinancing? We commenced our analysis from
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We took our initial 2.5% position in mid-August post-Q2 numbers at 62% and increased our position in December at 72% to 5% long. We are maintaining our position at the current 15% yield, and remain confident that further deleveraging is ahead.
Upfield completed the solicitation in order to reduce its Senior Secured 1st Lien debt, and has now reduced c.€250m of their Senior Debt, namely
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We initiated our long position in mid-August on the back of the Q2 numbers with a view to increasing the initial position over the following days/weeks. Unfortunately, due to an oversight, we never increased the position,. However, we remain confident in the
Upfield released their Q3 trading statement, prior to their call later today (2pm UK time). Strong set of numbers with Gross Profit increasing to
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We published an update note prior to the conference call yesterday, Despite the Company not taking our questions (and some other analysts) the mood of the call was substantially different to their Q1 call in May. As part of the conference call, Upfield management shed some additional
Please find our existing Upfield model here. We will update it after the call this afternoon.
Headline numbers for Upfield for Q2 have beaten expectations on the back of stronger top-line performance, which has led to a 10pt jump in their bonds. The stronger performance is driven by
Videos on Upfield investment discussion uploaded to the website, listen/watch them here.
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In the current geopolitical and inflationary environment, it is easy to understand the cost pressures that Upfield are facing. Vegetable oils prices are at record high following the invasion of Ukraine. But the
Upfield hold their Q1 call later this afternoon after the release of their numbers yesterday evening. The trend continues of higher prices achieved, but at the cost of l