Significant events and transactions

In the first quarter of 2024, HHLA’s group of consolidated companies was expanded to include the fully consolidated companies heyport GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, which was established on 17 January 2024 and has been assigned to the Logistics segment, and METRANS Rail Slovakia s.r.o., Dunajská Streda, Slovakia, which was established in the 2022 financial year and has been assigned to the Intermodal segment.

With a framework agreement concerning the indirect holding in Roland Spedition GmbH, Schwechat, Austria (RS GmbH) dated 12 March 2024, HHLA AG acquired 100 % of shares in Hera Logistics Holding GmbH, Schwechat, Austria, which in turn holds 51.0 % of shares in the operational company RS GmbH. The closing of the transaction (corresponding to the acquisition date) is tied to various conditions, which had not been met at the time of preparing this additional financial information. The company is expected to be included in HHLA’s group of consolidated companies in the second quarter of 2024.

Within the Port Logistics and Real Estate subgroups, the key economic indicators for the first three months of 2024 and HHLA’s actual economic performance were largely in line with the performance forecast in the combined management report for 2023.

There were no other significant events or transactions in HHLA’s operating environment or within the Group during the reporting period which had a significant impact on its results of operations, net assets and financial position.