Expenses and income are adjusted in the context of realized M&A transactions. This also includes expenses and income in connection with divestments. These can include, for example, costs for legal advice, strategy consulting, due diligence, auditing, tax consulting, expert opinions, travel expenses and the like.

In addition, adjustments will be made for costs as part of the global transformation that began in the 2025 fiscal year. These may include costs for consulting services, transformation measures and relocations.

In addition, expenses from integration are adjusted within the first twelve months after acquisitions have taken place. This includes all forms of external consulting, severance costs, IT connection and other external implementation and integration costs.

In addition, effects from the purchase price allocation (PPA), such as expenses from depreciation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets from revaluation effects, so-called step-up effects, are adjusted over time.

The following table shows the reconciliation for the adjusted result.

               

Profit and loss net of adjustments

           

T027

Note

H1 2025 unadjusted

Special costs Water Management

Transformation costs

Step-up effects from purchase price allocations

Total adjustments

H1 2025 adjusted

(5)

574,593

 

 

 

 

574,593

 

1,658

 

 

 

 

1,658

 

3,077

 

 

 

 

3,077

 

-246,501

 

 

60

60

-246,441

 

332,827

 

0

60

60

332,887

(6)

-95,498

2,200

1,757

 

3,957

-91,541

(7)

-178,139

 

1,101

 

1,101

-177,038

 

59,190

2,200

2,858

60

5,118

64,308

 

-28,691

 

 

358

358

-28,333

 

30,499

2,200

2,858

418

5,476

35,975

 

-9,107

 

 

6,823

6,823

-2,284

 

21,392

2,200

2,858

7,241

12,299

33,691

(8)

-9,315

 

 

 

 

-9,315

 

12,077

2,200

2,858

7,241

12,299

24,376

 

-10,816

-580

-753

-1,908

-3,240

-14,056

 

1,261

1,620

2,105

5,333

9,059

10,320

 

45

 

 

 

 

45

 

1,216

1,620

2,105

5,333

9,059

10,275

 

0.04

 

 

 

 

0.32

 

             

 

           

Profit and loss net of adjustments

 

Note

H1 2024 unadjusted

Acquisition and integration costs

Step-up effects from purchase price allocations

Total adjustments

H1 2024 adjusted

(5)

614,808

 

 

 

614,808

 

5,377

 

 

 

5,377

 

2,116

 

 

 

2,116

 

-270,806

 

121

121

-270,685

 

351,495

 

121

121

351,616

(6)

-97,010

108

 

108

-96,902

(7)

-173,296

 

 

 

-173,296

 

81,189

108

121

229

81,418

 

-27,943

 

396

396

-27,547

 

53,246

108

517

625

53,871

 

-12,329

 

10,297

10,297

-2,032

 

40,917

108

10,814

10,922

51,839

(8)

-12,879

 

 

 

-12,879

 

28,038

108

10,814

10,922

38,960

 

-13,035

-27

-2,728

-2,755

-15,790

 

15,003

81

8,086

8,167

23,170

 

107

 

 

 

107

 

14,896

81

8,086

8,167

23,063

 

0.47

 

 

 

0.72

The expenses adjusted under special costs for Water Management relate to preparations for the sale of the Water Management business.

Fictitious income taxes resulting from the adjustments are calculated using the tax rates of the respective local company concerned and taken into account in the adjusted result after taxes.

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