Südzucker increases dividends
Südzucker AG Mannheim/ Ochsenfurt has increased its net profit for the busines year 2004/05 by 50.1 million EUR to 357.5 million EUR. Following this improvement, the executive board and the supervisory board propose to the annual general meeting, which takes place on July 28, 2005 to increase the dividend by 0.05 EUR to 0.55 (0.50) EUR. The total dividend distribution will thus rise by 8.7 million EUR to 96.1 (87.4) million EUR.