Separate combined non-financial report

Please see the 2024/2025 Sustainability Report with regard to the disclosures within the meaning of §§ 315b, 289b of the German Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch, “HGB”). The Sustainability Report includes the separate combined non-financial Group report for the 2024/2025 financial year within the meaning of §§ 289b to 289e, 315b and 315c HGB, which was subject to a limited assurance engagement. The Sustainability Report was published online at the same time as the Annual Report at https://verantwortung.bvb.de/en.*

* In accordance with the statutory requirements, Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft has neither substantively audited the cross-references nor the information to which the cross-references refer as part of its audit of the financial statements.