Bertrandt Aktiengesellschaft signed a notarized purchase agreement to acquire Philotech Systementwicklung und Software GmbH and its subsidiaries ("Philotech Group"). The closing of the purchase agreement is in particular still subject to clearance by the German Federal Cartel Office in the context of the statutory merger control and is expected in the first quarter of 2022. The forecast for fiscal year 2021/2022 published in the Annual Report 2020/2021 on December 9, 2021 remains basically unchanged; only the previously expected (and already communicated in the ad hoc announcement of October 26, 2021) strong growth in total revenues of EUR 80 to EUR 120 million expected to date (i.e. total revenues of between around EUR 930 million and EUR 970 million) will increase slightly by EUR 20 million to EUR 100 million to EUR 140 million (i.e. total revenues in fiscal year 2021/2022 of between around EUR 950 million and EUR 990 million) if the purchase agreement is completed as expected.