technotrans Shareholders Approve €0.83 Dividend at 2026 Annual General Meeting

Annual General Meeting approves dividend payout, elects Dr. Karine Brand to Supervisory Board and confirms growth strategy targets

At its Annual General Meeting held on May 29, 2026, technotrans SE received shareholder approval for all proposed resolutions, including the distribution of a dividend of € 0.83 per dividend-bearing share for the 2025 fiscal year.

The approved dividend represents a 57 % increase compared to the previous year and corresponds to a total distribution of approximately € 5.7 million. The company stated that the payout is in line with its dividend policy.

Shareholders also re-elected Peter Baumgartner as shareholder representative on the Supervisory Board until the 2028 Annual General Meeting. In addition, Dr. Karine Brand was elected to the Supervisory Board as a shareholder representative for a term extending until the 2030 Annual General Meeting.

According to the company, Dr. Karine Brand brings more than 30 years of international industry experience in thermal management and expertise in the strategic leadership of globally active technology companies. Her experience covers medical technology, analytics, electronics, data centres, refrigeration, air-conditioning and heating technology.

During the Annual General Meeting, CEO Michael Finger and CFO Natascha Sander reviewed the company’s progress following the completion of its Future Ready 2025 strategy and presented the objectives of the Ready for Growth strategy.

technotrans Board of Management and Supervisory Board

“Today, technotrans is clearer, more focused, more profitable, and financially stronger than it was five years ago. We have laid the groundwork to finance growth from our own resources. Now it is a matter of translating this foundation into sustainable value creation for technotrans and its shareholders,” said Michael Finger, CEO of technotrans SE, during the Annual General Meeting.

For the 2025 financial year, technotrans reported consolidated revenue of € 244.0 million. The EBIT margin improved to 7.1 %, while EBIT increased by approximately 40 % to € 17.3 million. ROCE rose to 16.8 %, and free cash flow reached € 16.6 million.

“Our financial results demonstrate that technotrans is growing profitably and with strong capital discipline,” said Natascha Sander. “The significantly improved profitability, reduced net debt, and solid equity ratio of 65.1 % give us the financial strength to consistently implement the next steps in our growth strategy.”

The company identified thermal management as its primary growth area, supported by trends including artificial intelligence, electrification, digitalization, decarbonization, and medical progress. technotrans highlighted applications in liquid cooling for data centres, battery thermal management systems for rail vehicles and electric buses, and cooling solutions for Healthcare & Analytics.

Under its Ready for Growth strategy, technotrans aims to increase Group revenue to more than € 350 million by 2030 and achieve an EBIT margin of between 9 % and 12 %. The company plans to support these targets through investments in production capacity, product platforms, operational excellence, digitalization, and its new plant in Sassenberg.

For the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, technotrans reported consolidated revenue of € 54.9 million. The EBIT margin increased to 7.0 % from 6.7 % in the corresponding prior-year period, while EBIT reached € 3.8 million. The company stated that this was the sixth consecutive quarter with an EBIT margin of around 7 %.

The Energy Management segment recorded demand for liquid cooling systems for data centres and battery thermal management solutions for buses and trains. Healthcare & Analytics also continued to grow. Order backlog increased to € 84 million, while the book-to-bill ratio stood at 1.1 during the quarter.

The Board of Management reaffirmed its forecast for fiscal year 2026, expecting consolidated revenue of between € 240 million and € 260 million and an EBIT margin ranging from 6.5 % to 8.5 %.

“Order intake is the future. The strong momentum in our growth markets, our robust profitability, and our strengthened balance sheet show that technotrans is on track,” emphasized Michael Finger. “For us, Ready for Growth means: translating technology into market opportunities, converting market opportunities into orders, scaling orders into profitable growth, and transforming profitable growth into sustainable value.”