Company filings, disclosures and news on Hapugastenne Plantations Plc (HAPU), Agricultural Commodities/Milling on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (HAPU.N0000) and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (UDPL.N0000) have appointed Kanthimany Sivanesan as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Sivanesan is a senior tax practitioner (Senior Partner & Head of Tax at Amerasekera & Co.) and already serves on boards including LOLC Holdings, Browns Investments and Agstar.
Browns Plantations has commissioned an expanded orthodox tea facility at Kitumbe, Kenya with 3 million kg annual capacity and aims for 25 million kg in East Africa within 18 months. The move targets higher‑value orthodox exports and expands the company's specialty tea footprint.
Brown & Company PLC reported FY25 consolidated revenue of Rs. 107.82 billion and PBT of Rs. 25.88 billion, with total assets of Rs. 752.69 billion. The Group completed major East Africa Lipton plantation acquisitions, took controlling stakes in Sierra Cables and Tea Smallholder Factories, and saw strong results across its plantations and hospitality units.
LOLC Group posted a PAT of Rs.41 billion for FY2024/25 (up 89%) and lifted total assets to Rs.2.03 trillion. LOLC Finance PLC recorded a pre-tax profit of Rs.30.8 billion with NPLs falling to 4.97%, while the group expanded plantation holdings and boosted hospitality and manufacturing contributions.
Browns Investments PLC's subsidiary Browns Power Holdings acquired 100% of FLMC Plantations for LKR 4.8 billion on May 5, 2025, making BIL the largest tea producer in Sri Lanka with ~17.5m kg annual made tea capacity. FLMC controls ~11,500 ha across 24 estates producing ~4.3m kg made tea and ~2.3m kg rubber annually.
Browns Investments Plc (via subsidiary Browns Power Holdings) acquired FLMC Plantations (Pussellawa Plantations) for Rs 4.8 billion, adding over 11,500 hectares and raising the group's annual made tea capacity to about 17.5 million kg.
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