NORMA Group receives Ford Q1 Award in Mexico

• Group sales at EUR 821.7 million in a weak market environment
• Adjusted EBIT at EUR 6.3 million; margin of 0.8 percent at upper end of forecast range
• Net Operating cash flow at EUR 95.8 million despite declining volumes
• Sale of water management business and share buyback offer amounting to 10 percent of share capital successfully completed; capital reduction planned
• Dividend of EUR 0.14 per share proposed
• Annette Stieve steps down from CFO role; Okan Celiker takes over in an acting capacity
• Efforts in 2026 and beyond to focus on restructuring, footprint optimization, strengthening sales and profitable growth
• Annual General Meeting on July 1, 2026

• Award recognizes the company’s continuous increase in proportion of women in leadership bodies 
• Women make up 50 percent of the Supervisory Board and 66 percent of the Management Board: NORMA Group among the leaders in the German business community
• The 2026 “Women on Board” award from the initiative “Women on Supervisory Boards (FidAR)” was presented to CEO Birgit Seeger and Supervisory Board member Kerstin Müller-Kirchhofs at a ceremony in Berlin

First step of the announced capital return following the divestment of the water business

Public share buyback offer for up to 3,186,240 shares at a price of EUR 16.59 per share

Further capital measures are currently being prepared

• Preliminary, unaudited figures put sales at EUR 821.7 million for 2025
• Adjusted operating profit (EBIT) at EUR 6.3 million; adjusted EBIT margin at 0.8 percent
• Net cash flow of EUR 95.6 million demonstrates operational strength
• Divestment process for the Water Management business unit successfully completed

• Net cash inflow from the sale amounts to approximately EUR 650 million
• Use of proceeds confirmed: debt reduction, investments to strengthen the core business, share buyback and preparation of a capital reduction through the redemption of own shares to be proposed to the Annual General Meeting – shareholders to participate in the proceeds with a total amount of up to EUR 260 million
• Preliminary operating figures expected to be in line with forecast
• NORMA Group is steadily advancing its strategic repositioning into an Industrial Powerhouse for connecting solutions

NORMA Group has reached an agreement with the Group Works Council on a voluntary redundancy program in Germany. The purpose of the agreement is to generate savings in personnel costs in a manner that is as socially acceptable as possible. The voluntary program gets underway in January 2026. NORMA Group intends to reduce at least 61 and up to 70 jobs with the program.

• Q3 2025 sales down 4.3 percent to EUR 197.5 million
• Subdued demand from automotive industry in Europe and America
• Adjusted operating profit (EBIT) at EUR 3.8 million
• Adjusted EBIT margin at 1.9 percent
• New CEO Birgit Seeger since November 1

NORMA Group supports environmental and social projects around its sites through voluntary work on NORMA Help Day. Employees spend a day working for local organizations or making other concrete contributions to the community.