Company Information

Business Model & Strategy

Olam’s business model is built on an asset-light supply chain trading business, a core business which has been the engine of growth over the past 28 years and remains at the heart of our growth strategy even as we embark on expanding our upstream and midstream/downstream activities selectively.

Shareholding Structure

Olam was established in 1989 by the Kewalram Chanrai Group (KC Group), one of the oldest international companies in Africa and Asia with more than 150 years of trading history. Over the past 28 years, Olam has developed into a global agri-business headquartered in Singapore with market leadership positions in many of its businesses. Our success has enabled us to attract co-sponsors, strategic and long term investors, as well as world-class institutional investors, providing stability and business and financial strength to the Company.

Financials

Our Company reports our financial results quarterly and holds media and analyst meetings for these announcements. You can read about our reporting metrics, access our results webcasts, or check out our interactive financial analysis tool.

Olam is committed to observing high standards of corporate governance and harnessing these practices in keeping with its overarching philosophy of delivering sustainable, profitable growth and building capabilities with integrity. The Board constantly reviews the Company’s corporate governance practices and seeks to align its practices with the Code of Corporate Governance. Sustainability and stakeholder engagement remain our core focus.

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News from around the group

25^th Jan, 2019

Press release

Re-imagining Olam: New six-year strategy to create value from tomorrow’s consumer landscape

Olam plans to invest US$3.5 billion to enhance its leadership position and capture value from key emerging consumer trends; de-prioritises selected businesses to release US$1.6 billion of cash for reinvestment Global food and agri-business Olam International (“Olam”) today announced its 2019-2024 strategic plan, that capitalises on key trends shaping the sector. Driven by consumers and advances in technology, these trends include increasing demand for healthier foods, traceable and sustainable sourcing, e-commerce and the rise of “purpose” brands. Olam plans to invest US$3.5 billion (including maintenance capex) to strengthen businesses with high growth potential, while releasing US$1.6 billion by responsibly divesting certain businesses and assets lying outside the strategic priorities over the course of this plan. Olam has already established global leadership positions in multiple speciality agri-products and food ingredients, with defensible strategies for more mainstream b

11^th Feb, 2019

News

Changes to Subsidiaries

Please refer to the attachment. 11 Feb 2019 - Changes to Subsidiaries

8^th Jan, 2019

Blog

Connecting cocoa growers for National Farmers’ Day

The daily reality of being a smallholder farmer in West Africa means that most will rarely set an adult foot outside of their village. So it was a unique experience for 50 Ghanaian cocoa farmers when they got to step away from their farms for a day and into the city to witness the process of their cacao beans being transformed into smooth, dark liquor. The special occasion was hosted by Olam last month at the state-of-the art cocoa processing facility in Kumasi, to celebrate National Farmers Day in Ghana. It came a few weeks after Olam marked the same occasion in Zambia with an agricultural fair for coffee farmers which turned out to be one of their most lucrative days of the year. For Olam, the visit to the cocoa factory was about allowing the farmers to learn what happens to the products they grow; to feel part of a bigger purpose. So often smallholder farmers can feel cut off from the wider farming community: working in isolation, and missing out the opportunity to chat to others

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