CHS intends to return $1 billion in cash to owners

CHS Inc., the nation's leading agribusiness cooperative, 计划在2023日历年向其所有者返还总计10亿美元的现金赞助和股权赎回, 实现其目标，与业主分享利润，并为建设美国农村做出贡献.

返还给业主的现金总额由CHS董事会在每个财政年度结束时作出决定. CHS董事会已决定根据与CHS在2022财年完成的业务返还5亿美元的现金赞助, which ended on Aug. 31, 2022. Additionally, CHS董事会已决定通过股票赎回向其所有者返还5亿美元现金.

拥有CHS的好处将由数百个成员合作社和数千名农民所有者分享. 总共10亿美元的现金分配将是CHS历史上最大的年度分配，并将使过去10年向业主返还的总金额超过3美元.1 billion.

“业主有机会获得现金赞助和股权，这是合作模式与其他业务的根本区别," said Dan Schurr, chair of the CHS Board of Directors. “这一关键区别意味着CHS所有者分享皇冠hga010安卓二维码的财务成功，并可以利用这一成功来推动自己业务的实力和增长, their families and the communities we share."

2022财年的最终财务结果预计将于2022年11月公布. Additional patronage-related details will be available at that time, 包括将分配的2022财年赞助股权证书的金额.

CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, agronomy, grains and foods, CHS is committed to creating connections to empower agriculture, helping its farmer-owners, 客户和其他利益相关者通过其国内和全球业务发展他们的业务. CHS supplies energy, crop nutrients, seed, crop protection products, grain marketing services, production and agricultural services, animal nutrition products, foods and food ingredients, and risk management services. The company operates petroleum refineries and pipelines and manufactures, markets and distributes Cenex^® brand refined fuels, lubricants, propane and renewable energy products.

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