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Current provisions and other current financial and non-financial liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Current provisions and other current financial and non-financial liabilities  
Current provisions and other current financial and non-financial liabilities

15.Current provisions and other current financial and non-financial liabilities

Current provisions

The following table shows a reconciliation of the current provisions for 2025:

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Development of current provisions

in € K

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Foreign

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Changes in

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January 1,

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currency

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consolidation

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2025

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translation

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group

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Utilized

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Reversed

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Additions

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Reclassifications

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December 31, 2025

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Personnel expenses

 

244,382

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(19,118)

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—

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(143,751)

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(10,845)

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134,132

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26,486

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231,286

Self-insurance programs

 

106,520

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(13,086)

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—

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(55,328)

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(42,117)

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104,777

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12,166

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112,932

Risk of lawsuit

 

16,334

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(1,377)

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—

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(4,695)

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(2,289)

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17,551

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(2,427)

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23,097

Other current provisions

 

81,132

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(3,884)

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—

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(16,402)

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(9,598)

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12,834

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(27)

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64,055

Current provisions

 

448,368

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(37,465)

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—

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(220,176)

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(64,849)

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269,294

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36,198

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431,370

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Self-insurance programs

See note 2 d).

Personnel expenses

Personnel expenses mainly refer to provisions for the Company’s global performance-based compensation plan for managerial staff, the current portion of the provisions for accrued severance payments, provisions for cash-settled share-based plans and jubilee payments. As of December 31, 2025, provisions for the Company’s global performance-based compensation plan for managerial staff amounted to €101,965 (December 31, 2024: €142,446), provisions for accrued severance payments amounted to €53,366 (December 31, 2024: €45,077) and provisions for cash-settled share-based plans amounted to €32,194 (December 31, 2024: €25,309). For further information regarding share-based plans, see note 23.

Risk of lawsuit

Legal matters that the Company currently deems to be material or noteworthy are described in note 25.

Other current provisions

The item “Other current provisions” in the table above includes provisions for repayment obligations related to governmental expenditure ceilings in certain countries, and warranties.

Other current financial liabilities

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024 other current financial liabilities consisted of the following:

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Other current financial liabilities

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in € K

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2025

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2024

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Put option liabilities

 

638,009

 

807,207

Unapplied cash and receivable credit balances

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392,047

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464,182

Invoices outstanding

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263,330

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251,980

Derivatives

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10,834

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41,859

Customer rebates, bonuses, commissions

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130,639

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34,416

Legal matters, advisory and audit fees

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17,910

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27,540

Variable payments outstanding for acquisitions

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238

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1,127

Other

 

148,510

 

159,062

Other current financial liabilities

 

1,601,517

 

1,787,373

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For information regarding the settlement of put options held by non-physician investors originally granted as part of the 2022 merger of Cricket Health, Interwell Health LLC and Fresenius Health Partners, Inc., see note 26.

Other current liabilities

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024 other current liabilities consisted of the following:

Other current liabilities

in € K

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2025

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2024

Personnel liabilities

 

683,813

 

726,278

VAT and other (non-income) tax liabilities

 

139,244

 

139,981

Contract liabilities

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97,951

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66,735

Deferred Income

 

16,414

 

15,430

Other liabilities

 

102,321

 

103,142

Other current liabilities

 

1,039,743

 

1,051,566

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Personnel liabilities

The personnel liabilities mainly refer to liabilities for wages and salaries, bonuses and vacation payments.

Contract liabilities

Contract liabilities also relate to advance payments from customers and to sales of dialysis machines where revenue is recognized upon installation and provision of the necessary technical instructions.

Other liabilities

The item “Other liabilities” in the table above includes interest payables related to income taxes and liabilities for the current portion of pension liabilities.