Annual financial statements of STS Group AG

as of 31 December 2023

STS Group AG

Annual financial statements as of 31 December 2023

This is a translation of the German "Jahresabschluss der STS Group AG zum

31. Dezember 2023", sole authoritative and universally valid version is the German language document.

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STS Group AG

Annual financial statements as of 31 December 2023

INCOME STATEMENT

FROM JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 2023

in kEUR

2023

2022

  1. Revenues
  2. Other operating income
  3. Personnel expenses
    1. Wages and salaries
    2. Social security, post-employment and other employment benefit costs
  4. Ammortization of intangible assets and depreciation of tangible assets
  5. Other operating expenses
    (thereof expenses from currency translation)
  6. Income from equity investments
    (thereof from affiliated companies)
  7. Income from loans of financial assets
    (thereof from affiliated companies)
  8. Othere interest and similar income
    (thereof from affiliated companies)
  9. Interest and similar expenses
    (thereof from affiliated companies)
  10. Taxes on income
  11. Profit after taxes in income
  12. Other taxes
  13. Net profit / loss for the year
  14. Retained accumulated losses carried forward
  15. Accumulated gain carried forward

185

496

-142

-18

-39

-3.896

-1

3.949

3.949

1

1

135

135

-575

-575

0

96

0

96

2.235

2.331

197

126

-236

-25

-39

-3.531

-43

6.262

6.260

1

1

40

40

-246

0

-314

2.235

0

2.235

0

2.235

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Annual financial statements as of 31 December 2023

BALANCE SHEET

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

in kEUR

December 31, 2023

December 31, 2022

Assets

  1. Fixed Assets
    I. Intangible Assets

Concessions, industrial property rights and similar rights and assets acquired against payment, as well as licenses to such rights and assets

  1. Financial Assets
    1. Shares in affiliated companies
    2. Loans to affiliated companies

B. Currents Assets

  1. Receivables and other assets
    1. Receivables from deliveries and services
  1. Receivables from affiliated companies
  2. Other assets

II. Cash and cash equivalents

C. Prepaid expenses

Total assets

36

19.065

32

19.097

19.133

0

7.957

34

23

8.014

9

27.156

76

19.065

31

19.096

19.172

10

3.406

16

458

3.890

7

23.068

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in kEUR

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

  1. Share equity
    1. Subscribed capital Calculated value Own shares Issued capital
      Contingent capital

December 31, 2023

6.500

-50

6.450

(2.500)

December 31, 2022

6.500

-50

6.450

(2.500)

II.

Treasury shares

6.193

  1. Capital Reserve

1.

Legal Reserve

5

2.

Legal Reserve

1.115

IV.

Accumulated gains carried forward

2.331

16.094

B. Provisions

Other provisions

727

727

C. Liabilities

1.

Trada payables

190

2.

Liabilities from affiliated companies

10.142

3.

Other liabilities

3

10.336

Total equity and liabilities

27.156

6.193

5

1.115

2.235

15.998

643

643

70

3.054

3.304

6.428

23.068

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STS Group AG

Annual financial statements as of 31 December 2023

Notes to the annual financial statements for STS Group AG as of 31 December 2023

Contents

1.

General information

8

2. Accounting and valuation principles

8

3. Notes to the balance sheet

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3.1

Intangible assets

10

3.2

Financial assets

10

3.3

Receivables and other assets

11

3.4

Cash at banks

11

3.5

Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

11

3.6

Equity

12

3.7

Provisions

17

3.8

Liabilities

17

4. Notes to the income statement

17

4.1

Sales revenue

17

4.2

Other operating income

17

4.3

Personnel expenses

18

4.4

Depreciation and amortisation

18

4.5

Other operating expenses

18

4.6

Income from investments

18

4.7

Financial income and financial expenses

19

4.8

Income taxes

19

5.

Other information

19

5.1

Auditor's fee

19

5.2

Supervisory Board

20

5.3

Board of Directors

21

5.4

Other financial obligations and contingent liabilities

22

5.5

Contingent liabilities

22

5.6

Financial and liquidity risk

23

5.7 Declaration of Conformity with the German Corporate Governance Code Section 161 AktG

23

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5.8

Group affiliation

24

5.9

Events after the balance sheet date

26

5.10

Proposal for the appropriation of earnings (Section 285 No. 34 HGB)

26

Insurance of the legal representatives

29

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STS Group AG

Annual financial statements as of 31 December 2023

1. General information

STS Group AG (hereinafter also referred to as the "Company") is a listed stock corporation domiciled in Germany with its registered office at Kabeler Strasse 4, 58099 Hagen. It is entered in the commercial register of Hagen Local Court under HRB 12420.

The majority shareholder of STS Group AG is Adler Pelzer Holding GmbH, Hagen, Germany. The company is listed in the General Standard segment of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

These annual financial statements of STS Group AG were prepared in accordance with Sections 242 et seq. and Sections 264 et seq. German Commercial Code ("HGB") and the supplementary provisions of the German Stock Corporation Act ("AktG"). The company is capital market-orientated in accordance with Section 264d HGB and is therefore considered a large company in accordance with Section 267

  1. sentence 2 HGB. The income statement was prepared using the nature of expense method in accordance with Section 275 (2) HGB. Some of the balance sheet notes are listed in the notes.

The annual financial statements were prepared in euros or thousands of euros (EUR thousand), unless otherwise stated. This may result in rounding differences of +/- EUR 1 thousand in some cases.

The financial year of the company is the calendar year.

2. Accounting and valuation principles

The company's financial statements were prepared unchanged in accordance with the following accounting policies and on a going concern basis (see section 5.6 Financial and liquidity risk for further details).

Purchased intangible assets are capitalised at cost and amortised on a straight-line basis over their expected useful life, pro rata temporis in the year of acquisition. If the fair value of individual intangible fixed assets is lower than their carrying amount, additional impairment losses are recognised if the impairment is expected to be permanent.

Financial assets are valued at acquisition cost. Write-downs to the lower fair value are recognised if the impairment is expected to be permanent.

Receivables and other assets are recognised at the lower of nominal value or fair value on the balance sheet date. Appropriate write-downs are recognised for receivables whose recoverability is subject to identifiable risks; uncollectible receivables are written off.

Bank balances are recognised at their nominal value on the balance sheet date.

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Payments made before the balance sheet date are recognised as prepaid expenses if they represent expenses for a specific period after this date.

Subscribed capital is recognised at nominal value.

Other provisions are measured according to prudent business judgement and recognised at their settlement amount.

Liabilities are recognised at their settlement amount.

Transactions in foreign currencies are generally recognised at the historical exchange rate at the time of initial recognition. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies with a remaining term of one year or less are translated at the mean spot exchange rate on the reporting date,

Deferred taxes are recognised on temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets, liabilities and prepaid expenses and deferred income in the financial statements and their tax base, as well as on tax loss carryforwards. However, losses carried forward are only recognised to the extent that they can be offset against taxable income within the statutory period of five years. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are netted. Any resulting tax burden is recognised as a deferred tax liability in the balance sheet. In the event of tax relief, deferred tax assets are not recognised in accordance with the capitalisation option.

Revenue is recognised monthly at the time of recharging.

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3. Notes to the balance sheet

3.1 Intangible assets

As at 31 December 2023, intangible assets amounted to EUR 36 thousand (2022: EUR 76 thousand) and mainly comprise rights to use software acquired from third parties against payment. For further information on intangible assets, please refer to the statement of changes in non-current assets in Appendix 1 to the notes.

3.2 Financial assets

As at 31 December 2023, financial assets amounted to EUR 19,097 thousand (2022: EUR 19,096 thousand).

Shares in affiliated companies remained unchanged compared to 31 December 2022 and amount to EUR 19,065 thousand. The shares relate to the following companies:

Name and location

STS Plastics SAS, Paris, France

STS Composites France SAS, St. Désirat, France

MCR SAS, Tournon, France

STS Composites Germany GmbH, Kandel, Germany

Inoplast Truck S.A. de C.V., Ramos, Mexico

STS Plastics Co. Ltd., Jiangyin, China

STS Plastics Shi Yan, China

STS Group North America Inc., Dalware, USA

Result of the financial year 2023 in kEUR

1.176

3.593

57

-651

597

1.452

239

-3.751

Share capital 2023

in kEUR

6.500

8.398

4.969

-987

7.247

30.507

-569

-5.826

Capital shares as of

12/31/2023

100%

100%

100%

100%

100% 1)

100%

100% 2)

100%

  1. 0.02% of the shares in Inoplast Truck S.A. de C.V., Mexico are held indirectly by STS Plastics Holding SAS, France.
  2. 100% of the shares in STS Plastics Shi Yan, China are held indirectly by STS Plastics Co. Ltd, Jiangyin, China.

The figures are based on IFRS.

Loans to affiliated companies with a carrying amount of EUR 32 thousand (2022: EUR 31 thousand) consist of a long-term loan receivable from a subsidiary.

For further information on financial assets, please refer to the statement of changes in non-current assets in Appendix 1 to the Notes.

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