5.1 About this report

Parent company of the Group

The parent company of the Group is dormakaba Holding AG, a company limited by shares that is incorporated and domiciled in Rümlang (Switzerland). The address of its registered office is Hofwisenstrasse 24, 8153 Rümlang, Switzerland. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange.

Basis for preparation

These consolidated financial statements were approved for issue by the BoD on 24 August 2023 and will be presented for approval by the AGM on 5 October 2023.

The consolidated financial statements of dormakaba Group comply with Swiss law and have been prepared using the historical cost principle, except where disclosed in the accounting policies below, and in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER as a whole (GAAP = Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, FER = Fachempfehlung zur Rechnungslegung or “accounting and reporting recommendations”). Furthermore, the accounting complies with the provisions of the Listing Rules of SIX and Swiss company law. The accounting policies have been applied consistently by Group companies with the exception of the goodwill accounting policy choice and internal IT cost allocation principles. Please refer to chapter changes in accounting principles and restatement of previous period.

Currency conversion

The consolidated financial statements are presented in Swiss francs (CHF), which is dormakaba Group’s presentation currency. Items included in the financial statements of each dormakaba Group company are measured using the currency of the primary economic environment in which that company operates (the “functional currency”).

Foreign currency transactions are converted into the functional currency of the appropriate entity using the exchange rates prevailing as at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of such transactions and from the translation of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at year-end exchange rates are recognized in the income statement.

The assets and liabilities of subsidiaries reporting in currencies other than Swiss francs are translated at the exchange rates prevailing as at the balance sheet date. Income, expenses, cash flows, and other movement items are translated at average exchange rates for the period. All resulting exchange differences are recognized in equity. Upon consolidation, exchange differences arising from the translation of the net investment in foreign companies and from borrowings and other currency instruments designated as hedges of such investments are taken to equity. When a foreign operation is sold, exchange differences that were recorded in equity are recycled to the income statement as part of the gain or loss on the sale.

Basis of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of dormakaba Group include the operations of dormakaba Holding AG and all direct and indirect subsidiaries. The Group controls an entity when the Group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its involvement with the entity and it has the ability to affect those returns through its power over the entity. The consolidated accounts are based on the annual financial statements of the individual subsidiaries. All companies follow the uniform measurement and reporting practices prescribed by the Group. In applying the full consolidation method, the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of all subsidiaries are included in their entirety. Minority interests in equity and profit are disclosed separately. Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date when control is acquired. The identifiable assets and liabilities are revalued and included according to the acquisition method. Any difference between the cost of acquisition and the fair value of the Group’s share of net assets acquired constitutes goodwill. Subsidiaries sold are excluded from consolidation as of the date when control ceases. All intercompany balances, transactions, and intercompany profits are eliminated upon consolidation. Investments in associates and joint ventures where dormakaba Group exercises significant influence but does not exercise control (i.e. usually an interest between 20% and 50%) are accounted for using the equity method of accounting. Under the equity method, investments in associated companies and joint ventures are initially recognized at cost less goodwill (which is capitalized and amortized within intangible assets), and the carrying amount is increased or decreased to recognize dormakaba Group’s share of the profit or loss of the associate/joint venture after the date of acquisition. Profit and loss are attributed to the owners of the parent and to the minority interests, even if this results in a negative balance. Investments in which dormakaba Group does not have significant influence (i.e. dormakaba Group’s interest is usually less than 20%) are recorded at cost.

Companies established or acquired or those in which the Group increases its interest and thereby obtains control during the year are consolidated as of the date of establishment or the date when control commences. Companies are deconsolidated as of the date that control effectively ceases upon disposal or a reduction in ownership interest. This rule is applied similarly to investments in associates.

The Group treats transactions with minority interests that do not result in a loss of control as transactions with the equity owners of the Group. A change in ownership interest results in an adjustment between the carrying amounts of the controlling interests and minority interests to reflect their relative interests in the subsidiary.

Changes in accounting principles and restatement of previous period

In May 2022, Swiss GAAP FER released the revised standard “Consolidated financial statements” (FER 30) effective from 1 January 2024, permitting earlier application. The adoption and implication were assessed by the Board of Directors (BoD) and it decided to apply with the revised standard already starting in 2022/23 financial year. The Board also approved to change the standard’s accounting policy choice regarding goodwill accounting to increase transparency and improve comparability regarding acquired businesses.

Goodwill was previously offset in equity at the date of the acquisition. As a result, amortizations and impairments of goodwill did not affect the income statement; they were disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, while only the sale or discontinuation of the respective business activities led to a recycling through the income statement.

Making use of the accounting policy choice provided in Swiss GAAP FER 30 - Consolidated financial statements - the BoD has decided that goodwill will be capitalized and amortized in the income statement to better reflect the economic reality. Since this is a change to the former accounting principles, the prior period has been restated accordingly and the previous disclosure of the effect of a theoretical capitalization of goodwill has been omitted.

As a result, the former goodwill offset with equity or capitalized within investments in associates are as per 1 July 2022 capitalized within intangible assets (2.3) and prior year financial statements are adjusted as if the new accounting principles had already been applied initially. Fully amortized goodwill at the time of conversion from IFRS to Swiss GAAP FER in financial year 2014/15 was presented as a net amount in the theoretical goodwill disclosure. To further increase transparency, this was grossed up as part of this restatement. The financial impact of this change in accounting policy choices within the requirements of Swiss GAAP FER is disclosed in the table below.

Additionally, dormakaba changed as of 1 July 2022 the principles for internal IT cost allocation in alignment with the corporate strategy Shape4Growth. While in the past the charges to the segments were based on consumed services within a catalogue, the new internal accounting policy reflects IT cost by user as a share of the total costs. The changed concept therefore increases the transparency of the segment performance and the functional costs, taking the full IT costs per employee into consideration. To reflect this change in the internal accounting policy, the functional costs in the consolidated income statement as well as the financial performance of the individual segments in the segment reporting were restated.

The following tables bridges the previous year's disclosed consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet showing the impact of the change in goodwill accounting policy choice and internal IT cost allocation principles.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with Swiss GAAP FER requires the use of estimates and assumptions, which have an effect on the reported value of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported value of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Although these estimates are based on Management’s best knowledge of current events as well as actions that dormakaba Group may undertake in the future, the actual results may differ from the estimates.

The most important accounting estimates are described in a blue box at the end of the note to which they relate as per the following table:

In accordance with Swiss GAAP FER, assets are subject to an impairment test based on indicators reflecting a possible impairment of the individual assets. Therefore, the following accounting estimates apply to all assets in general.