Lactalis’ Kazakhstani subsidiary, FoodMaster Company JSC, will now reinvest the vast majority of its profits in the business, directing more funds toward production upgrades while reducing payments to its parent company. The new approach to profit distribution was approved following the release of the company’s 2025 financial results. By the end of last year, the company had accumulated 12 billion tenge ($26.2 million) in profit. The lion’s share of this amount — 8.2 billion tenge ($17.8 million) — will be allocated to production modernization projects. The remaining 3.86 billion tenge ($8.3 million) or $6.38 per share will be paid to the shareholder as dividends.

This marks a sharp departure from the previous year’s policy, when the company allocated $13.5 million to dividends while leaving just $195,759 for production development. In other words, investment in modernization has increased hundreds of times this year, while shareholder payments have fallen by 38%.

The dividend for 2025 will be paid in a single cashless transaction denominated in euros. Funds will be deposited into B.S.A. International’s accounts with Société Générale by Oct. 15.