- CEO
- Yevgen Osypov
- Full Time Employees
- 14,484
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- 8A, Boulevard Joseph II Kiev KO Ukraine 01001
- IPO Date
- Nov 26, 2007
- Business
- Kernel Holding S.A. Kernel Holding S.A. operates as a leading vertically integrated agribusiness company focused on the production, processing, storage, transportation, and export of grains and sunflower oil from Ukraine and the Black Sea region. The company produces and exports sunflower oil under brands including Shchedry Dar, Stozhar, and Chumak Zolota; trades grains such as wheat, corn, soybeans, sunflower seeds, and rapeseed; provides silo services for grain cleaning, drying, and storage; operates export terminals for grain and oil handling and transshipment; and conducts farming operations cultivating key crops. Kernel Holding S.A. supplies products to over 60 countries worldwide, accounting for approximately 8% of global sunflower oil exports, and maintains operations primarily in Ukraine with some activities in Europe and North America. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine, the company lists its shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under ticker KER.WA and functions as a subsidiary of Namsen Limited. Recent developments include the full redemption of USD 300 million Eurobonds in October 2024, securing a USD 150 million syndicated credit line from international banks including ING Bank NV, Rabobank, and the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in 2025, FMO's USD 25 million participation in a pre-export facility as its first direct Ukraine investment since the war, partnerships such as with Jumbo Impact Fund for low-carbon processing and issuance of Ukraine's first commodity agrarian note, a Fitch Ratings upgrade from 'CC' to 'CCC-' reflecting improved liquidity and operations amid ongoing conflict, legal victories dismissing minority shareholder claims in Luxembourg courts in 2024 and March 2025 related to delisting and 2023 capital increases, and acquisitions including vegetable oil transshipment capabilities in Reni port and expansions in alternative export routes via Pivdennyi port.