20. Leases

(i) Right-of-use assets – Leasing

NORMA Group has significant leases for the rental of land and buildings. In addition, the Group maintains leases for various company cars and technical equipment under non-cancellable lease agreements. Besides the usual extension options, the leases include, to a minor extent, purchase and termination options that are not taken into account. The lease terms per asset class are as follows:

•Right-of-use assets – land and buildings: 2 months to 78 years

•Right-of-use assets – machinery and tools: 1 to 6 years

•Right-of-use assets – forklifts and warehouse: 1 to 11 years

•Rights of use assets – office and IT equipment: 1 to 10 years

•Rights of use assets – company cars: 1 to 7 years

The Group’s leases generally do not contain credit terms.

(ii) Recognition exemptions

NORMA Group has made use of accounting options for short-term leases (minimum term of no more than twelve months if no purchase option has been agreed) as well as for low-value assets as the lessee and has not recognized these as a right-of-use/lease liability but rather as a current expense – with the exception of leased assets attributable to the asset class ‘Right-of-use assets – land and buildings’. Furthermore, lessees are granted an accounting option not to separate leasing and non-leasing components, which NORMA Group has made use of, except for the ‘Right-of-use assets – land and buildings’ and ‘Right-of-use assets – company cars’ asset classes.

(iii) Extension and termination options

Several of NORMA Group’s real estate leasing contracts contain renewal options. Termination options are included to a minor extent in the area of real estate leasing. Such contract terms are used to give the Group operational flexibility with regard to the contract portfolio. The majority of the existing renewal and termination options can only be exercised by the Group and not by the respective lessor.

As at December 31, 2024, potential additional cash outflows from extension options in the amount of EUR 26,185 thousand (Dec 31, 2023: EUR 21,865 thousand) were not included in the lease liability as it is not reasonably certain that the leases will be extended. As of December 31, 2024, and 2023, there were no potential reduced cash outflows from termination options.

Changes in estimates of the term and amount of expected lease payments (index-based payments) resulted in increases in the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of EUR 612 thousand. As of December 31, 2024, there were no changes in estimates resulting in decreases in the right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.

(iv) Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

The following items related to leases are shown in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position:

The maturities of the nominal values and the carrying amounts of the lease liabilities are as follows:

(v) Amounts recognized in the Statement of Profit or Loss

The following amounts relating to leases are recognized in the Statement of Profit or Loss:

(vi) Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

The Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows includes a total of EUR 16,533 thousand for lease payments (2023: EUR 15,813 thousand). Of these, payments in the amount of EUR 14,235 thousand were made within the cash outflow/cash inflow from financing activities (2023: EUR 13,725 thousand) and payments of EUR 2,298 thousand were recognized within the cash inflow from operating activities (2023: EUR 2,088 thousand).