Uniper SE: Uniper ends up financial year 2020 at upper range of earnings guidance and provides outlook on 2021

DGAP-Ad-hoc: Uniper SE / Key word(s): Forecast/Dividend Uniper SE: Uniper ends up financial year 2020 at upper range of earnings guidance and provides outlook on 2021 03-March-2021 / 20:37 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Uniper closes the financial year 2020 with an adjusted EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) of EUR 998m, being at the upper end of the guidance range of EUR 800m-1000m (Prior Year: EUR 863m). Adjusted net income comes in at EUR 774m, also at the upper end of the EUR 600m-800m guidance range (Prior Year: EUR 614m). In line with the previously communicated dividend target 2020, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board will propose to the Annual General Meeting to distribute a dividend of EUR 1.37 per share for the 2020 financial year. This corresponds to a total dividend payment of EUR 501m. For the financial year 2021, assuming a normal course of business, Uniper expects an adjusted EBIT between EUR 700m and 950m and an adjusted net income between EUR 550m and 750m. Uniper will communicate the dividend policy for the fiscal year 2021 at a later stage. The discussion on the dividend policy and the timing of the dividend policy release with the major shareholder Fortum is pending. The key figures used are explained in the Annual Report of Uniper SE. The Annual Report of Uniper SE is available at www.uniper.energy. Contact: Person making the notification: Dr. Patrick Wolff General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Contact for investors and analysts: Stefan Jost Executive Vice President Group Finance & Investor Relations Uniper SE Holzstraße 6 40221 Düsseldorf Telefon [phone] Telefax [phone] Email [e-mail] Media contact: Leif Erichsen Senior Vice President External Communication & Brand Uniper SE Holzstraße 6 40221 Düsseldorf Telefon [phone] Mobile [phone] [e-mail] 03-March-2021 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de

Language:	English
Company:	Uniper SE
	Holzstraße 6
	40221 Dusseldorf
	Germany
Phone:	[phone]
Fax:	[phone]
E-mail:	[e-mail]
Internet:	www.uniper.energy
ISIN:	DE000UNSE018, DE000UNSE1V6
WKN:	UNSE01, UNSE1V
Indices:	MDAX
Listed:	Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
EQS News ID:	1172949

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