COOTAMUNDRA, Australia, Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Australian Oilseeds Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the "Company") (NASDAQ: COOT) today announced financial results for its first quarter fiscal 2025 ended September 30, 2024.

First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Financial Highlights Compared to Prior Year

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  Sales revenue increased 6.1% to A$10.4 million due to strong demand for the Company's cold pressed canola oil.
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  Retail Oll revenue increased 59.9% to AsS./ million due to expanded distribution in leading retailers in Australia along with the addition ot several new SKUs.
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  Net loss of A$O.6 million compared to net income of A$1.4 million, reflecting changes to sales mix along with the timing of planned investments in brand and marketing to support our GEO products.
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  Cash flow from operations improved to A$O.6 million compared to a use of A$1.5 million.

"We delivered exceptionally strong growth in our retail oils business during the first quarter driven primarily by our expanded distribution in Costco and Woolworths in Australia, " said Gary Seaton, Chief Executive Officer. "We also benefited from three new SKUs that were launched in coordination with focused, integrated marketing campaigns across our key retail partners. While margins and profitability were impacted by the timing of our investments in branding initiatives during the quarter, as planned, we believe we are still well positioned to drive improving results as our business continues to grow and scale. We remain steadfast in our commitment to eliminating chemicals from the edible oil production and manufacturing systems to supply quality products such as non-GMO oilseeds and organic and non-organic food-grade oils to customers globally.

About Australian Oilseeds Investments Pty Ltd.

Australian Oilseeds Investments Pty Ltd. is an Australian proprietary company that, directly and indirectly through its subsidiaries, is focused on the manufacture and sale of sustainable oilseeds (e.g., seeds grown primarily for the production of edible oils) and is committed to working with all suppliers in the food supply chain to eliminate chemicals from the production and manufacturing systems to supply quality products to customers globally. The Company engages in the business of processing, manufacture and sale of non-GMo oilseeds and organic and non-organic food-grade oils, for the rapidly growing oilseeds market, throuch sourcina materials trom suppliers tocused on reducina the use of chemicals in consumables in order to sunnlv healthier tood ingredients. vegetable oils, proteins
band other products to customers alohally Overthe nast 20 vears the Comnany's cold nressina oil nlant has arown to hecome the largest in Australia nressina strictlv GMO free conventional and organic oilseeds.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook, business strategy and plans, market trends and market size, opportunities and positioning. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections. Words such as "expect, "anticipate, should," "believe, "hope," "target, "project, "goals," "estimate,' "potential, "predict," "may," "will, "might, "could, "intend," "shall" and variations of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. For example, global economic conditions could in the future reduce demand for our products; we could in the future experience cybersecurity incidents; we may be unable to manage or sustain the level of growth that our business has experienced in prior periods; our financial resources may not be sufficient to maintain or improve our competitive position; we may be unable to attract new customers, or retain or sell additional products to existina customers: we mav experience challendes successfully expandina our marketina and sales capabilities. includina further specializing our sales force; customer growth could decelerate in the future; we may not achieve expected synergies and efficiencies of operations from recent acalisitions or business combinations and we may not he able to nav oft our convertible notes when due Further intormation on notential tactors that could attect our financial results is included in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-lookina statements included in this press release represent our views only as of the date of this press release and we assume no obligation and do not intend to update these forward-looking statements.