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- Royal Unibrew A/S Royal Unibrew A/S is a leading regional multi-beverage company that produces, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of high-quality alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages across multiple categories including beer, malt beverages such as Vitamalt, carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, cider and ready-to-drink products, water, juice, wine and spirits; the company offers strong local heritage brands like Faxe, Ceres, Albani, Thor, Kalnapilis, Tauras, Lāčplēša Alus, Lorina, LemonSoda and Novelle alongside licensed international partner brands from PepsiCo, Heineken and Diageo; it operates production facilities in 20 sites with a focus on efficient route-to-market in on-trade and off-trade channels, providing business-to-business services including private label and co-packing production. Royal Unibrew A/S maintains market-leading positions as a multi-beverage provider in the Nordic and Baltic countries including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, functions as a multi-niche player in Western Europe encompassing Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and exports to more than 70 countries worldwide with niche operations in markets such as Canada via Amsterdam Brewing Company. Founded in 1901 as Faxe Brewery by Nikoline and Conrad Nielsen in Faxe on Zealand, Denmark, where it maintains headquarters at Faxe Allé 1, the company resulted from the 1989 merger of Faxe, Ceres and Thor breweries, adopted the Royal Unibrew name in 2005, and has transformed through key acquisitions including Hartwall in Finland in 2013, Vrumona in the Netherlands and San Giorgio in Italy both finalized in 2023, PepsiCo's beverage and field sales business in Belgium and Luxembourg in October 2024, and an agreement signed in October 2024 to acquire Pernod Ricard's local Nordic spirits, liqueurs and wine portfolio led by Minttu in Finland expected to close by February 2025. In 2024, Royal Unibrew A/S reported net revenue of DKK 15 billion with 16% growth, organic volume growth of 5% and organic EBIT growth of 15% to DKK 1,968 million at a 13.1% margin, driven by commercial momentum in growth categories like no/low sugar soft drinks and premium brands alongside operational efficiencies and integrations from recent acquisitions; the company initiated a share buy-back program in August 2025 and proposes an ordinary dividend of DKK 15.0 per share for 2024 following an extraordinary DKK 14.5 payout in October 2024, while guiding for 7-13% EBIT growth in 2025 amid a challenging consumer environment.