a2 Milk Company

The A2 Milk Company was founded in New Zealand based on a research discovery that different milk proteins affect people in a different way. The company now owns and licenses intellectual property enabling dairy farms to identify cattle suitable for the production of A2 milk.  

Popular branded A2 milk products such as liquid milk and infant formula are sold in NZ, Australia, USA, UK and China. The company has a track record of investing heavily in marketing and R&D to further brand position.

A2 Milk is dual listed and one of the largest companies on the NZX, with a market capitalisation of more than $10 billion in 2020. David Bortolussi was recently appointed CEO and will begin leading the company in early 2021.


Company Details

Registered Office: Level 10, 51 Shortland Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Postal Address: PO Box 163, Shortland Street, Auckland 1010
Telephone: +64 9 977 5154
Facsimile: n/a
Website: www.thea2milkcompany.com
First Listed: 20/04/2004
Balance Date: 30 June
AGM: 18/11/2022

Directors and Executives

David Bortolussi
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Warwick Every-Burns Independent Non-Executive Director
Pip Greenwood
Independent Non-Executive Director
David Hearn
Independent Non-Executive Director
Julia Hoare
Deputy Chairman
Jaron McVicar
Company Secretary
Kate Mitchell
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mark Sherwin
Chief Financial Officer
David Wang
Independent Non-Executive Director
Sandra Yu
Independent Non-Executive Director

Announcements


Major Holdings Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Current
29/11/22 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 38,857,882 5.08 5.23
07/06/22 BlackRock Inc. and related bodies c 37,092,941 - 4.99
19/05/22 BlackRock Inc 37,398,996 4.97 5.03
30/03/22 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. on be 35,207,250 5.54 4.73
03/02/22 UBS Group AG and its related bodies 37,106,399 6.35 4.99
07/12/21 UBS AG and its related bodies corpo 45,225,162 7.40 6.08
01/12/21 Perpetual Limited 45,389,774 4.61 6.10
01/12/21 Macquarie Group Limited 35,650,226 5.11 4.79
11/11/21 The Vanguard Group, Inc. 34,388,632 5.00 4.62
19/10/21 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc 35,833,781 5.36 4.82
14/10/21 The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“GSG 45,062,198 4.90 6.06
28/09/21 Perpetual Limited and subsidiaries 37,687,348 - 5.07
02/08/21 Commonwealth Bank of Australia 37,038,921 5.02 4.98
08/06/21 Morgan Stanley and its Subsidiaries 33,300,187 5.12 4.48
20/04/21 Pendal Group Limited 37,145,476 5.17 5.00
22/11/19 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc 74,990,656 9.19 10.20
31/10/17 Colonial First State Asset Manageme 39,108,953 6.38 5.35
28/09/17 Challenger Limited 36,372,739 5.51 4.98
28/08/17 Greencape Capital Pty Limited 35,548,215 6.04 4.87
20/06/17 Harbour Asset Management Limited 35,487,445 5.08 4.88
30/05/17 Westpac Banking Corporation 14,346,867 6.00 2.00
09/02/17 Colonial First State Investment Man 46,289,905 5.06 6.38

Director’s Interests Announcements

Date Name No. Held % Details Other
07/06/23 Kathryn Mitchell 1,000 - - -
03/02/23 David Landt Bortolussi 311,283 - - -
06/12/22 Philippa Greenwood 30,000 - - -
24/05/22 Mark Sherwin 16,800 - - -
01/09/21 Race Strauss 15,101 - - -
15/03/21 Jaron McVicar 40,300 - - -
27/08/20 Geoffrey Howard Babidg 300,000 - - -
27/08/20 David Hearn 1,055,000 - - -
27/08/20 Shareef Yaseen Khan 400,000 - - -
26/11/19 Craig Louttit 100,000 - - -
26/11/19 Carla Jayne Hrdlicka 95,338 - - -
28/02/19 Peter Bruce Hinton 300,000 - - -
23/06/17 Jesse Wu 27,000 - - -
17/05/17 Richard Oram Le Grice 15,000 - - -
31/08/16 Peter Jerrold Nathan 400,353 0.06 - -
29/08/16 Warwick Every-Burns 100,000 0.01 - -

Analysts’ Forecasts

profit2021 profit2022 eps2021 dps2021 sales2021 ebit2021 ebitda2021
mean 149.0 20.6 .0 1,597.0 196.8 216.6
high 149.0 20.6 .0 1,597.0 196.8 216.6
low 149.0 20.6 .0 1,597.0 196.8 216.6
sample 1 0 1 1 1 1 1

Disclaimer

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Last Updated: 20/03/2023


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