{"id":34559,"date":"2026-03-06T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/34559\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T20:54:54","slug":"dfds-initiates-cost-reduction-programme-lowers-2025-outlook-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/34559\/","title":{"rendered":"DFDS INITIATES COST REDUCTION PROGRAMME &#038; LOWERS 2025 OUTLOOK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770806176_617_4bab388f1c5f8145d88dc3faca0730a9.png\" alt=\"DFDS A\/S\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"104\" width=\"300\" class=\"yf-lglytj  loaded\"\/> DFDS A\/S        <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT no. 32 &#8211; 6 November 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Cost Reduction Programme initiated targeting DKK 300m impact in 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">One-off programme cost of around DKK 100m expected in 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">2025 EBIT outlook lowered to DKK 600-750m from previously DKK 800-1,000m excluding the one-off programme cost <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">2025 Adjusted free cash flow outlook reduced to around DKK 0.9bn<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">As outlined earlier this year, 2025 is a transitional year for DFDS where we focus on laying the foundation for improving financial performance following the events\u00a0of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">To accelerate the transition to a higher level of financial performance, a Cost Reduction Programme targeting DKK 300m of cost reductions is initiated today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">\u201cWe are initiating a cost reduction programme to accelerate our transition to a higher level of financial performance and to stay competitive in a changing market environment. Sadly, this means we have to reduce our workforce and part ways with valued and skilled colleagues,\u201d says Torben Carlsen, CEO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The programme is expected to deliver cost reductions of around DKK 300m in 2026 driven by primarily a reduction of approximately 400 mainly office-based positions as well as specific cost reduction initiatives across the organisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Programme implementation completion is expected towards the end of Q1 2026. A one-off cost of around DKK 100m for mostly redundancies is expected to be incurred in Q4 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">2025 EBIT outlook lowered<br \/>The 2025 EBIT outlook is lowered to DKK 600-750m from previously DKK 800-1,000m. The reduced outlook is to a large extent driven by uncertainties regarding the development in Q4 2025 for the Mediterranean ferry and logistics activities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">In addition, the above outlook range will be lowered by the one-off programme cost of around DKK 100m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">The full-year 2025 Adjusted free cash flow is expected to be around DKK 0.9bn down from previously DKK 1.0bn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">More information on outlook assumptions are available in DFDS\u2019 Q3 2025 interim report scheduled for release on 6 November 2025 at around 7.30am CET.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Contact<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Torben Carlsen, CEO +45 33 42 32 01<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Karen Boesen, CFO +45 20 58 58 40<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">S\u00f8ren Br\u00f8ndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">Dennis Kj\u00e6rsgaard, Media +45 42 30 38 47<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">About DFDS<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">We operate a transport network in and around Europe with an annual revenue of DKK 30bn and 16,500 full-time employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">We move goods in trailers by ferry, road &amp; rail, and we offer complementary and related transport and logistics solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">We also move car and foot passengers on short sea and overnight ferry routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1fy9kyt\">DFDS was founded in 1866 and headquartered and listed in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DFDS A\/S COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT no. 32 &#8211; 6 November 2025 \u00a0 Cost Reduction Programme initiated targeting DKK 300m&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6052],"tags":[7530,6057,1382,1141,6119],"class_list":["post-34559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dfds","tag-cost-reduction","tag-dfds","tag-dkk","tag-financial-performance","tag-torben-carlsen"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116184227822193989","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}