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: Non-cash effective, expected impairment of the at-equity carrying amounts of the investments in Volkswagen AG and AG; withdrawal of earnings forecast

: Non-cash effective, expected impairment of the at-equity carrying amounts of the investments in Volkswagen AG and AG; withdrawal of earnings forecast

Non-cash impairment risk of the at-equity carrying amounts of the investments in Volkswagen AG and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. AG is expected to lead to an accounting loss in the consolidated financial statements of ;
Withdrawal of the earnings forecast;
Non-cash impairment risk of the investment in Dr. Ing. h.c. F. AG in the annual financial statements of is expected to lead to an impairment loss


( SE) is obliged to carry out impairment tests in accordance with the applicable accounting standards. For the impairment tests of the carrying amounts of its investments in Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, and Dr. Ing. h.c. F. AG ( AG), Stuttgart, SE has so far relied in particular on corporate planning data of these investments.

Today, Volkswagen AG has informed SE that the current planning of Volkswagen AG and AG is no longer expected to be concluded by 31 December 2024. Consequently, as of now, SE cannot rely on the results of a current approved plan of Volkswagen AG and AG for accounting purposes.

Against this background, the Management Board of SE will use for the impairment tests on the carrying amounts of the investments in Volkswagen AG and AG in particular external analyst expectations. On this basis, the Management Board of SE currently assumes that the impairment tests to be carried out as of 31 December 2024 on the carrying amounts of the investments in Volkswagen AG and AG in the consolidated balance sheet of SE as of 31 December 2024 are likely to result in impairment losses.

As a result, the Management Board expects that the group result after tax of SE for the 2024 financial year will be significantly negative. In light of the expected impairment losses, SE is therefore withdrawing its current forecast for group result after tax in the range of 2.4 billion euros to 4.4 billion euros for the 2024 financial year.

At this point in time, due to among other things the market environment with further increasing uncertainties, lower demand than originally expected on various markets and increasing geopolitical tensions and protectionist tendencies, the effects of the impairment tests as of 31 December 2024 on the carrying amounts of the investments to be recognized at SE can only be roughly estimated on the basis of preliminary valuation models.

For the time being, SE assumes an impairment of the carrying amount of the investment in Volkswagen AG in the expected range from minus 7 billion euros to minus 20 billion euros and of the carrying amount of the investment in AG in the expected range from minus 1 billion euros to minus 2 billion euros in the consolidated balance sheet of SE. Therefore, SE expects that the values in use for the investments in Volkswagen AG and AG will continue to be significantly higher than their respective stock market values.

A finalization of the impairment tests of SE can only take place after 31 December 2024, at the earliest when the market parameters and balance sheet data of the investments as of 31 December 2024 and the forecasts of the investments in Volkswagen AG and AG for the 2025 financial year are available, and thus not before the preparation of the annual and consolidated financial statements of Volkswagen AG and AG.

The expected impairment loss in the consolidated financial statements of SE in relation to Volkswagen AG will probably not have an impact on the annual financial statements of SE under German commercial law. The Management Board of SE assumes that the expected impairment loss in the consolidated financial statements of SE in relation to AG will also have an impact on the annual financial statements of SE under German commercial law, however to a lower extent. Nevertheless, the Management Board of SE continues to assume that a dividend will be distributed for the 2024 financial year.

The expected impairment losses at the level of SE or the SE Group will not have a cash effect and will not affect the forecasts communicated by Volkswagen AG and AG for the 2024 financial year.

SE confirms its forecast for the net debt of the SE Group as of 31 December 2024, which is expected to be between 5.0 billion euros and 5.5 billion euros.



Contact:
Karsten Hoeldtke
Head of Investor Relations
+49-711-911-11023
karsten.hoeldtke@porsche-se.com


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2051273  13-Dec-2024 CET/CEST

 

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