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

18.Non-current provisions and other non-current financial and non-financial liabilities

Of the total amount of non-current provisions and other non-current financial and non-financial liabilities amounting to €503,080 at December 31, 2025 (2024: €912,848), €310,020 (2024: €657,027) are due in between more than one and three years, €103,599 (2024: €137,435) are due in between three to five years, and €89,460 (2024: €118,386) are due after five years.

The following table shows the development of non-current provisions in the fiscal year:

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Development of non-current provisions

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January 1,

 

currency

 

consolidation

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December 31, 

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2025

 

translation

 

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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2025

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Self-insurance programs

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116,848

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(13,159)

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—

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—

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92

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(12,166)

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91,615

Personnel expenses

 

53,068

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(3,502)

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—

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(5,227)

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(663)

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30,675

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(24,059)

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50,292

Asset retirement obligations

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12,966

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(876)

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(180)

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(26)

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685

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26

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12,595

Interest payable related to income taxes

 

4,930

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(314)

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5,972

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10,588

Other non-current provisions

 

8,704

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(416)

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(1,395)

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(3,270)

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4,638

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8,261

Non-current provisions

 

196,516

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(18,267)

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(6,802)

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(3,959)

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42,062

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(36,199)

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173,351

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For further information regarding self-insurance programs, see note 2 d).

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Personnel expenses mainly refer to provisions for severance payments and provisions for cash-settled share-based plans. As of December 31, 2025, provisions for cash-settled share-based plans amounted to €37,489 (2024: €40,035) and provisions for severance payments amounted to €6,656 (2024: €7,976). For further information regarding share-based plans, see note 23.

The item “Other non-current provisions” in the table above includes provisions for litigation and warranties. The decrease during the period that arises from the passage of time and the effect of any change in the discount rate are not material.

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Other non-current financial liabilities

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

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Other non-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

 

155,035

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491,910

Variable payments outstanding for acquisitions

 

3,023

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6,806

Other

 

24,108

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39,969

Other non-current financial liabilities

 

182,166

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538,685

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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.

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Other non-current liabilities

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

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Other non-current liabilities

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2025

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Labor Expense non-current

 

104,578

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121,731

Deferred Income

 

9,760

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34,018

Other

 

33,225

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21,898

Other non-current liabilities

 

147,563

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177,647

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