Investor’s Day

Investors

Investor's Day

The first edition of the Investor’s Day at DN AGRAR took place on June 12, 2023 and attracted approximately 60 participants, among the guests there were reliable partners of DN Agrar: Lactalis Romania, ING Bank and BRK Group.

The event's agenda:

11:00 – 12:00 – Guests reception at Casa Bună Guesthouse, networking and management
presentation
12:00 – 13:30 – Operations visit – Apold Farm and Cut Farm
13:30 – 14:30 – Lunch at Casa Bună Guesthouse
14:30 – 15:00 – Presentation of DN Agrar’s clients and partners
15:00 – 16:00 – Presentation of the company strategy

During the first part of the event, after receiving the guests, the management team of DN Agrar presented the company’s vision, business model, the results achieved, as well as the company’s future strategy – robots in the Cut and Lacto Agrar farms, the solar panels project, the new compost factory and the Straja project. The event ended with a Q&A session.

Presentations from the management team of DN Agrar:

 

Jan G. de Boer

CEO

Peter de Boer

CA Member & Investor Relations Manager

Adina Trufaș

Livestock Manager

Dan Bogdan

Agriculture Manager

Visits in operations: presentation of DN Agrar Apold farm and DN Agrar Cut farm

The first stop was at the Apold farm, where those present had the opportunity to see the 2 milking parlors of the farm, respectively the new milking parlor and the modernized milking parlor, the approximately 600 igloos, the farm’s stables, the 3 tanks milk, with a total capacity of approximately 100,000 liters, also were presented the fleet of machinery and equipment used for the agricultural sector.

 

The 2nd stop was at the Cut farm, where those present had the opportunity to see the company’s 10 silos, which store over 10,000 tons of cereals, the rotary milking parlor with 60 stations, the milk cooling station, with the help of this station, the temperature of the milk is reduced from 37̊C to 4̊C, and then loaded directly into the trucks and transported to the processors, they saw the robots recently installed in the milking parlor, more precisely the automatic udder disinfection sprayer, specially designed for rotary milking parlors.

 

Those present also visited the DN Agrar laboratory, where the quality of the cereals is determined, based on the analyzes performed with specific devices, among others being measured the humidity of the cereals, especially gluten and wheat protein, even the percentage of maize mycosis.

 

They were also presented with the electronic grain scale, that has a capacity of up to 80 tonnes, connected automatically to a computer software, for cereal stocks tracking and the grains movements, with the help of which trucks loaded with cereals are weighed, both at the entrance and at the exit, in order to limit errors.

 

DN Agrar farms produce high-quality milk, are equipped with high-performance equipment and well-trained staff, while ensuring the well-being of the animals, which are treated very well, are healthy, have permanent access to comfortable conditions and are permanently supervised by our veterinarians.

 

DN Agrar also constantly invests in the agricultural sector, using high-performance tractors and machinery, new technologies (the use of drones for the fertilization of plots; the use of equipment for the effective incorporation of manure on agricultural plots), having a constant concern for grain production of the highest quality.

Presentations from DN Agrar partners:

Lactalis România:

Mr. Horga Vlad as Regional Milk Collection Manager of Lactalis Romania, spoke to the audience about the good collaboration and relationship with DN Agrar, about the current local and European milk market, about the quality of milk from DN Agrar, and made predictions about the Romanian milk market for the rest of the year 2023.

ING Romania:

Mr. Marius Gavrea as Business Strategy Lead-Agri Mid Corporate Banking of ING Romania, spoke to the audience about the long and close collaboration with DN Agrar, starting with 2016, when ING Romania started financing companies in the agriculture sector, about DN Agrar’s business model and the company’s success in this sector, about the perspectives of the Romanian and European milk market, presented the evolution of the production and deliveries of raw milk to factories, in Romania, spoke about the problems faced by large companies in this sector, in terms of granting subsidies, which is not realized according to current figures, as well as about the potential development of the livestock sector, especially the potential of DN Agrar on the Romanian agribusiness market.

BRK Financial Group:

Mr. Răzvan Raț as Deputy General Manager of BRK Financial Group, spoke to the audience about the partnership with DN Agrar, about the evolution of the company on the capital market, as well as about the start of DN Agrar’s Market maker program.

We were honored to receive such a large number of guests, whom we would like to thank for joining us at the first DN Agrar Investor’s Day event!

Rusu Mircea Marian

Marian is graduate of the “1 DECEMBRIE 1918” University of Alba-Iulia – Faculty of Sciences, Specialization Cadastre, and is professionally authorized, starting with 2012, for the realization of the geodesy and cadastre works, category B.

He has been part of the DN AGRAR team since 2009, starting his activity as a topographer engineer. Due to his dedication and the performances accumulated within the company, starting with 2011, he holds the position of Technical Director within DN AGRAR GROUP SA and is responsible for the activity of the Topography Department.

Dan Bogdan Ioan

Bogdan started his career within DN AGRAR, as Head of Farm at SC DN Agrar Berghin SRL, between 2012 and 2017, and starting with 2017 he holds the position of Manager of vegetal production within DN AGRAR GROUP SA.

He is responsible for the organization and planning of the agricultural works within DN AGRAR, for the quality and quantity of the crops that are produced annually, for the processes of treatment and storage of the seed lots, as well as for the coordination of the entire team of agronomists within the company.

He is a graduate of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca – Faculty of Agriculture, specializing in Agriculture and holds a Master’s degree in Organic Agriculture, graduated in 2011. He is professionally authorized by ANF, is a grader authorized by CNGSC Romania and is authorized by ITCSM România.

Mihaela Laura Nicula

Mihaela is the Chief Accountant within DN AGRAR, since 2011. She ensures the organization of the financial-accounting activity of the company and she is responsible for the timely fulfillment of the obligations towards the state budget and towards third parties.

She is a graduate of the Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca and holds a Master’s degree in Accounting Audit. She is professionally authorized as a Chartered Accountant and is a member of CECCAR since 2010.

Before joining DN AGRAR team, Mihaela was a legal loans analyst and a member of the loan approval committee within a banking institution, as well as an economist in a company with a similar profile.

Ștefan Gabriel Țico

Gabriel holds the position of Economic Director within DN AGRAR, since 2008.

“Being at the beginning of the road, DN AGRAR offered me the opportunity to develop professionally, together with a young and motivated team, which had a bold goal: to become the largest agrozootechnical farm in Romania.”

He is a graduate of the “1 DECEMBRIE 1918” University of Alba-Iulia and holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration.

He is professionally licensed as a Chartered Accountant and a member of CECAR since 2011.

Before joining DN AGRAR, Gabriel was at a company specialized in the processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

Trufaș Adina

Adina is a graduate of the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and has a Master’s degree in Audit and Accounting Expertise. Due to her high interest in animal husbandry, she attended qualification courses and has specialized in countries such as Ireland, England, Italy and the USA.

She is part of DN AGRAR team from 2011, starting as responsible of the Lacto Agrar farm.

Due to her involvement, experience and the performances accumulated within the farm, starting with 2015, she is the Manager of Livestock Farms of DN AGRAR GROUP SA.

Hilbertus Peter De Boer

Peter is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Business Administration at Leiden University, the Netherlands, as well as the financial evaluation and modeling course at the CFI Corporate Financial Institute.

He is part of the DN AGRAR team since 2019, as Strategic Corporate Financial Manager and Investor Relations Manager.

Due to his experience, Peter is responsible for leading the administrative departments of the DN AGRAR group of companies, he is responsible for establishing and implementing HR strategies, as well as the strategy of digitization of the companies within the group, by implementing an ERP system and a management software for agriculture.

From the perspective of the relationship with the investors of DN AGRAR, Peter is responsible for maintaining an efficient, constant and transparent communication, ensuring a long-term partnership with them.

Jan Gijsbertus de Boer

A graduate of the Higher Institute of Agriculture in Groningen and a founding member of DN AGRAR, Jan Gijsbertus de Boer has a large experience in the field of agri-business, accumulated over 20 years.

Arriving in Romania in 2008, he found here the people and the conditions to building a business in agriculture and especially dairy farms.

He put into practice all the knowledge gained in the years of leadership from the farms in the Netherlands and Germany. Thanks to the efforts made, DN AGRAR became in 2022, the largest integrated livestock farm in Romania.

“We are investing because we want to stay here, to sell here, to win together: DN AGRAR and Romania.”

“By listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, we wanted to develop through the capital market and, at the same time, to increase investors’ interest in the Romanian agribusiness sector.”