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Columbus Interim Report Q1 2025
Company announcement no. 5/2025 Solid operational performance in Q1 2025 Columbus delivered a solid start to 2025, driven by improved earnings, confirming the robustness of the strategy and business model. Despite a slight decline in revenue of 2%, a 32% improvement in EBITDA was achieved, significantly strengthening profitability and increasing the EBITDA margin to 10.7% compared to 7.9% in Q1 2024, adjusted for the extraordinary gain of DKK 20m from the M3CS legal case. Overall, a satisfactory
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