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Issuer:     FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC (FDP)
CIK:        0001047340
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001047340-25-000131
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fresh Del Monte reports Q3 net loss of $29.1M; divests Mann Packing, exits Philippine banana farms
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- Net loss $29.1M (diluted EPS -$0.61) vs net income $42.1M ($0.88) in prior year.
- Net sales $1,021.9M, nearly flat YoY; gross margin fell to 7.9% from 9.2%.
- Banana segment gross margin collapsed to 1.3% (from 6.2%) on higher production costs and weather.
- Agreement to divest Mann Packing; expected close Q4 2025; adjusted gross margin ex-Mann was 9.2%.
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.30/share from $0.25; $0.90 declared year-to-date.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047340/000104734025000131/0001047340-25-000131-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047340/000104734025000131/fdp-20251029.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001047340-25-000131

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