Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Principles

1. Principles of Group Accounting

BREMER LAGERHAUS-GESELLSCHAFT Aktiengesellschaft von 1877-, Bremen (BLG AG), and BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG, Bremen (BLG KG), two companies that are legally, commercially and organizationally closely affiliated due to their identical management bodies and special ownership structure, form the head of the BLG Group (BLG LOGISTICS). As BLG AG does not consider control over BLG KG to exist within the meaning of IFRS 10, it prepares consolidated financial statements (combined financial statements) together with BLG KG under the name BLG LOGISTICS with BLG AG and BLG KG as a single parent.

The consolidated financial statements for BLG LOGISTICS for the 2022 financial year were prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) adopted and published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) mandatory as of December 31, 2022 and their interpretations by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRIC). All IFRSs and IFRICs were observed that have been published and adopted in the endorsement process of the European Union and whose application is mandatory.

The accounting policies were applied consistently by all Group companies for all periods specified in the consolidated financial statements.

The financial year of BLG AG and BLG KG and of their consolidated subsidiaries is the calendar year. The reporting date of the consolidated financial statements is the closing date of the preparing companies.

The companies BLG AG (HRB 4413) and BLG KG (HRA 21448), which are entered in the Commercial Register of the District Court of Bremen, have their registered office at Präsident-Kennedy-Platz 1, Bremen, Germany.

The consolidated financial statements were prepared in euros. All amounts are in EUR thousand unless otherwise indicated.

The Board of Management of BLG AG released the consolidated financial statements for publishing and forwarding to the Supervisory Board on March 31, 2023. The Supervisory Board has the task of reviewing the consolidated financial statements and stating whether it approves them.

Judgments and estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in compliance with IFRSs requires estimates and the exercise of discretion in individual matters by management that may have an impact on the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements.

Judgments

Information on judgments in applying the accounting policies that have the greatest material effect on the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements is included in the following notes:

Determining whether control exists (notes 38 and 39)
Classification of joint arrangements (notes 15 and 39)
Presentation of factoring (note 32)

Assumptions and estimation uncertainties

The estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year relate in particular to the following notes:

Calculation of useful lives of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets and costs of demolition obligations for property, plant and equipment (notes 12 and 13)
Impairment testing of assets and measurement of goodwill (note 12)
Estimations to determine the duration and expected payments for residual value guarantees as well as lease interest rates (note 14)
Recognition of deferred tax assets (note 33)
Estimation of parameters for impairment of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, right-of-use assets and financial assets (notes 4, 12, 14, 16 and 18)
Material actuarial assumptions (note 26)
Discretion in measuring provisions and contingent liabilities (notes 29 and 24)

The estimates made were largely based on historical data and other relevant factors, including the going concern principle. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Determination of fair values

The financial instruments of the Group accounted for at fair value are allocated to different levels of the fair value hierarchy based on the measurement method used; these levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Listed (unadjusted) prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2: Techniques for which all inputs which have a material effect on the recognized fair value are either directly or indirectly observable
Level 3: Techniques using inputs that have a material effect on the recognized fair value and are not based on observable market data

More information on the assumptions made in determining the fair values can be found in note 32.

Changes in accounting policies

The accounting policies applied were essentially unchanged compared with the policies applied in the previous year. In addition, the Group applied the following new/revised standards and interpretations that are relevant to BLG LOGISTICS and whose application was mandatory for the first time in the 2022 financial year:

Standards	Application required for financial years starting from
Amendments to IFRS 3 “Business Combinations” (Reference to the IFRS Conceptual Framework)	January 1, 2022
Amendments to IFRS 16 “Leases” (COVID-19-Related Rent Concessions beyond June 30, 2021)	April 1, 2021
Amendments to IAS 16 “Property, Plant and Equipment” (Proceeds before Intended Use)	January 1, 2022
Amendments to IAS 37 “Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets” (Onerous Contracts – Cost of Fulfilling a Contract)	January 1, 2022
Various standards: Annual Improvements Project 2018–2020	1. Januar 2022

The amendments to IFRS 16 “Leases” (rental concessions in connection with COVID-19) were already applied early by BLG LOGISTICS in 2020. The IASB extended the practical relief on COVID-19-related rent concessions until June 30, 2022.

Effects of changes in accounting policies

The new/revised standards had no material impact. For this reason, the amounts from the previous year have not been restated.

Non-mandatory application of new or amended standards and interpretations

Application of the standards and interpretations in the table which were previously adopted, revised or recently issued by the IASB was not yet mandatory in the 2022 financial year.

Standards	Application required for financial years starting from¹	Adopted by the EU Commission
Amendments to IFRS 16 “Leases” (Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback Transaction)	January 1, 2024	No
IFRS 17 “Insurance Contracts”	January 1, 2023	Yes
Amendments to IFRS 17 “Insurance Contracts” (First-Time Application of IFRS 17 and IFRS 9 – Comparative Information)	January 1, 2023	Yes
Amendments to IAS 1 “Presentation of Financial Statements” and IFRS Practice Statement 2 “Making Materiality Judgements” (Practice Statement)	January 1, 2023	Yes
Amendments to IAS 1 “Presentation of Financial Statements” (Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-Current)	January 1, 2024	No
Amendments to IAS 1 “Presentation of Financial Statements” (Non-Current Liabilities with Covenant)²	January 1, 2024	No
Amendments to IAS 8 “Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors” (Definition of Accounting Estimates)	January 1, 2023	Yes
Amendments to IAS 12 “Income Taxes” (Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities Arising from a Single Transaction)	January 1, 2023	Yes

¹Date of initial application in accordance with EU law, where already adopted into EU law.

²The amendments supplement the amendments to IAS 1 relating to classification of liabilities as current or non-current.

BLG LOGISTICS plans to observe the new standards and interpretations in the consolidated financial statements from the date on which their initial application is mandatory. The new standards and interpretations that are relevant to the Group’s operations will have an impact on the way in which the Group’s financial information is published; however, they will not have any material effects on the recognition and the measurement of assets and liabilities or the presentation of the financial performance in the consolidated financial statements.

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