Acquisitions, disposals and other changes to the consolidated Group
The business formation agreement and articles of association dated 17 January 2024 saw the foundation of the company heyport GmbH, Hamburg, with HHLA Next GmbH acquiring 80.0 % of the shares in the company. The purpose of the company is to develop and market a solution for scheduling ship calls. It was included in HHLA‘s group of consolidated companies in the first quarter of 2024 as a fully consolidated subsidiary assigned to the Logistics segment.
The business formation agreement and articles of association dated 4 April 2024 saw the foundation of the company passify GmbH, Hamburg, with HHLA Next GmbH acquiring 80.0 % of the shares in the company. The purpose of the company is to develop and market software solutions to support truck processing at the container and hinterland terminals. It was included in HHLA‘s group of consolidated companies in the second quarter of 2024 as a fully consolidated subsidiary assigned to the Logistics segment.
On 12 March 2024, HHLA signed a framework agreement concerning the indirect holding in Roland Spedition GmbH, Schwechat, Austria (RS GmbH). Pursuant to a purchase and assignment agreement dated 6 June 2024, HHLA thus acquired 100 % of shares in Hera Logistics Holding GmbH (Hera GmbH), Schwechat, Austria, which in turn holds 51.0 % of shares in the operational company RS GmbH. The main object of the operating company is rail container transport and the transport business in all branches and operating options. The closing of the transaction (corresponding to the acquisition date) was tied to various conditions and took place on 6 June 2024. The first-time consolidation of the company took place on the acquisition date. The company has been assigned to the Intermodal segment. It was included in HHLA’s group of consolidated companies in the second quarter of 2024.
The business formation agreement and articles of association dated 1 October 2024 saw the foundation of the company RailSync GmbH, Hamburg, with HHLA Next GmbH acquiring 90.0 % of the shares in this company. The object of the company is the development and distribution of software solutions for intermodal transport companies around the world in order to improve their planning processes and workflows. It was included in HHLA‘s group of consolidated companies in the fourth quarter of 2024 as a fully consolidated company assigned to the Logistics segment.
With the share purchase and transfer agreement dated 25 January 2024, the share held by METRANS a.s. of Prague, Czech Republic, in Adria Rail d.o.o., Rijeka, Croatia, increased from 51.0 % to 100 % because METRANS a.s. acquired the remaining shares from the minority shareholder. In accordance with the entity concept, the purchase price for these shares was taken directly to equity with a corresponding reduction in non-controlling interests.
As of 31 March and 31 December 2024, the companies established in the 2022 financial year METRANS Rail Slovakia s.r.o., with registered offices in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia, assigned to the Intermodal segment, and TOO “HHLA Project Logistics Kazakhstan”, based in Almaty, Kazakhstan, assigned to the Logistics segment, were included as fully consolidated subsidiaries in the HHLA group of consolidated companies.
There were no other significant acquisitions, changes in shareholdings in subsidiaries or changes to the consolidated group in the 2024 financial year. For details of company acquisitions after the balance sheet date, please refer to Events after the balance sheet date.