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Related Party Transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Schedule of Total Amount of Transactions

The following table provides the total amount of transactions that have been entered into with related parties for the relevant financial year.

		2025
kEUR		Sales of goods and services				Purchase of goods and services				Other income				Other expense				Interest expense
Transactions with shareholders			1,014				-				-				-56				-8,419
Transactions with affiliated companies			21				-2,420				-				-4,413				-56
Transactions with associated companies			532				-146				-				-179				-
Total			1,566				-2,566				-				-4,648				-8,475

The shares in Polar EV Charge & Storage AB were sold on 24 October 2025 without any material financial effects.

		2024
kEUR		Sales of goods and services				Purchase of goods and services				Other income				Other expense				Interest expense
Transactions with shareholders			11,066				-				-				-61				-10,919
Transactions with affiliated companies			76				-11,016				107				-4,507				-354
Transactions with associated companies			390				-111				-				-201				-
Total			11,531				-11,127				107				-4,769				-11,273

Transactions with associated companies include sales to AW Connectivity Platform GmbH, enesto GmbH and Polar EV Charge & Storage AB and subsidiaries.

		2023
kEUR		Sales of goods and services				Purchase of goods and services				Other income				Other expense				Interest expense
Transactions with shareholders			2,651				-				-				-122				-2,784
Transactions with affiliated companies			2,644				-9,616				-				-4,688				-63
Transactions with associated companies			7,707				-94				-				-122				-
Total			13,003				-9,710				-				-4,932				-2,847

Schedule of Liabilities to Affiliated Companies

Liabilities to affiliated companies mainly comprise a liability to ads-tec Industrial IT GmbH in the amount of kEUR 808 (December 31, 2024: kEUR 1,700) and a liability to ads-tec Administration GmbH in the amount of kEUR 875 (December 31, 2024: kEUR 771).

		Dec. 31, 2025								Dec. 31, 2024
kEUR		Receivables				Liabilities				Receivables				Liabilities
Transactions with shareholders			160				5,010				777				13,333
Transactions with affiliated companies			3				1,864				712				1,863
Transactions with associated companies			-				139				347				123
Total			163				7,013				1,836				15,319

Schedule of Key Management Personnel

As of December 31, 2025, key management is represented by the following people:

Key management personnel		Role
Joseph Brancato		Director
Thomas Speidel		Chief Executive Officer and Director
Kurt Lauk, PhD		Director (Chairman)
Sonja Harms, PhD		Director
Andreas Fabritius, PhD		Director
Alwin Epple		Director
Torsten Klee (since October 2025)		Chief Financial Officer
Stefan Berndt-von Bülow (until September 2025)		Chief Financial Officer
Michael Rudloff		Chief Operating Officer
Sebastian Schypulla		Chief Purchase and Logistics Officer
Hakan Konyar (until December 2025)		Chief Production Officer

Schedule of Key Management Personnel Compensation Comprised

Key management personnel compensation comprised the following:

kEUR		2025				2024				2023
Short-term employee benefits			1,891				1,800				2,001
Termination benefits			227				-				-
Share-based payments			2,121				3,310				1,509
Total			4,239				5,110				3,510