Agro-industrial group “Kernel”, the largest producer of vegetable oil in Ukraine, will publish a consolidated report for fiscal year 2022 (FY, July-2021 – June-2022) on October 31, 2022 due to the unstable situation in Ukraine in the context of the Russian invasion.
As stated in the message of the holding on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, the management of Kernel in this fiscal year will not hold a regular conference call on the day the report is published, since “no information in addition to that presented in the report should be presented during such a conference.”
“The management does not intend to make any recommendations or forecasts regarding the future activities of the company, given the uncertainty prevailing in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. The company will return to the usual practice of arranging quarterly calls after the lifting of martial law in Ukraine,” the agricultural holding emphasized in an exchange message. .
In addition, the group of companies will continue to analyze the consequences of Russian aggression in Ukraine and inform all parties interested in the company’s activities about updates and changes in the work of Kernel.
Before the war, Kernel ranked first in the world in the production of sunflower oil (about 7% of world production) and its export (about 12%), and was also the largest producer and seller of bottled sunflower oil in Ukraine. In addition, the company was engaged in the cultivation of other agricultural products and their sale.
The largest co-owner of Kernel through Namsen Ltd. is Ukrainian businessman Andrey Verevsky with a share of 39.3%.
The agricultural holding in fiscal year 2021 (FY, July 2020 – June 2021), increased its net profit by 4.3 times compared to FY 2020 – up to $513 million, its EBITDA increased 2.1 times – up to $929 million, revenue – by 38%, to $5.65 billion.
Ukrainians declared UAH 871 million of income tax and UAH 120 million of military tax as of May 14, 2020. In particular, some 3,150 citizens reported incomes in the amounts of more than UAH 1 million. In general, the will pay UAH 393 million of income tax and UAH 47 million of military tax.
The State Tax Service of Ukraine reported on its website that the majority of citizens, who declared more than UAH 1 million in incomes in 2019, are as usually registered in Kyiv – around 1,200 taxpayers.
“Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions have 278 and 270 millionaires, respectively,” it said.
The State Tax Service also said that the income declaring campaign for 2019 has been prolonged until July 1, 2020. The deadline for submitting declarations is June 30, 2020.
