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Dalekovod d.d. — Audit Report / Information 2025
Apr 15, 2026
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This is an English translation of the Independent Auditor's Report on the separate and consolidated financial statements originally issued in Croatian. In the event of any differences, the Croatian original prevails. This report should be read in conjunction with the complete set of separate and consolidated financial statements issued in Croatian to which it relates. The accompanying English financial statements are a convenience translation and are not the audited financial statements.
Independent Auditor's Report
To the shareholders of Dalekovod d.d.
Report on the Audit of the Separate and Consolidated Financial Statements
Opinion
We have audited the separate financial statements of Dalekovod d.d. ("the Company") and the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries ("the Group"), which comprise:
- the separate and consolidated statements of financial position of the Company and the Group respectively as at 31 December 2025;
and, for the year from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025:
- the separate and consolidated statements of profit or loss;
- the separate and consolidated statements of comprehensive income;
- the separate and consolidated statements of changes in equity;
- the separate and consolidated statements of cash flows;
and
- notes, comprising material accounting policies and other explanatory information ("financial statements").
In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements give a true and fair view of the unconsolidated financial position of the Company and the consolidated financial position of the Group as at 31 December 2025 and of their respective unconsolidated and consolidated financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union ("EU IFRS").
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing ("ISAs") and Regulation (EU) No. 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.
We are independent of the Company and the Group in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to audits of the financial statements of public interest entities in the Republic of Croatia, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
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Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.
REVENUE RECOGNITION UNDER LONG-TERM (CONSTRUCTION) CONTRACTS
Revenue from construction contracts recognized in profit or loss in 2025: the Group EUR 257,203 thousand; the Company: EUR 207,078 thousand. Revenue recognized from construction contracts recognized in profit or loss in 2024: the Group EUR 173,706 thousand; the Company: EUR 134,231 thousand. Please refer to the Notes 2.18 of Significant accounting policies, Note 4 (a) of Key accounting estimates and judgements and Note 6 Segment information in the financial statements.
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| The Group's and the Company's principal activities include manufacturing of complex power-generating equipment, its installation and related construction services. |
Consequently, contracts with customers typically include one performance obligation which is satisfied over time.
Under the applicable financial reporting standard governing the accounting for revenues, IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, if the requirements for recognition of revenue over time are met, entities measure 'progress towards complete satisfaction' of the performance obligation using a method that best depicts the performance.
Given the nature of contracts with customers, revenue from contracts with customers is recognised by reference to the 'progress towards complete satisfaction' of the performance obligation which is typically calculated using the 'cost-to-cost' input method which measures the proportion of contract costs incurred for work performed up to the reporting date compared to the estimated total contract costs required to satisfy the performance obligation.
The accounting for long-term construction contracts requires management to make reliable estimates with respect to future costs to completion of a contract and fulfilment of contractual obligations.
This estimate directly impacts the amounts and timing of revenue recognition since it determines the stage of completion achieved under the contract. As a result, we considered this area to be a key audit matter. | Our audit procedures in this area included, among others:
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assessing the Group's and the Company's policy for recognizing revenue, including whether the policy is in accordance with the relevant accounting standards;
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testing the design, implementation and operating effectiveness of controls related to accuracy of budgeting process including effectiveness of management review;
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assessing the accuracy of contract budgets by analysing historical accuracy of prior year budgets for contracts completed in the current year and selected contracts being uncompleted as at the end of both the current and the previous reporting period;
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for a sample of contracts with key customers:
- challenging management's identification of performance obligations, particularly with respect to the evaluation of whether the contract relates to a single performance obligation;
- challenging management's assessment of whether the identified performance obligation meets the criteria for recognising revenue over time vs. at a point-in-time, by reference to the provisions of the contract and our understanding of the resulting pattern of satisfying the performance obligation;
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challenging the appropriateness of the method used to measure 'progress towards complete satisfaction' (cost-to-cost vs. output based on surveys of work performed) by considering contractual terms and the nature of goods or services promised to customers;
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for a sample of contracts, evaluating the appropriateness of the estimated 'progress towards complete satisfaction' as at year-end by reference to the provisions of the contract and other supporting documents, such as budgets, progress reports and/or surveys of work performed. |
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- for significant subsequent changes in contracts, inspecting their formal approvals by customers;
- assessing the adequacy of disclosures regarding estimation uncertainty involved in the accounting for construction contracts.
Other Information
Management is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the Management Report (together with Sustainability Statement) and the Corporate Governance Report included in the Annual Report of the Company and the Group, but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information.
We have performed a limited assurance engagement on the Sustainability Statement that forms part of the other information and provided a separate unmodified assurance practitioner's conclusion thereon that is included within the other information.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.
With regard to the Management Report and the Corporate Governance Report, we also performed procedures prescribed by applicable legal requirements and we report that:
- the information given in the Management Report and the Corporate Governance Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared, is consistent, in all material respects, with the financial statements;
- the Management Report and the Corporate Governance Report have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view in accordance with EU IFRS, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's and the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company's and the Group's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that
an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal control.
- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's and the Group's internal control.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
- Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's and the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the separate and consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company or the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
- Plan and perform the group audit to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business units within the Group as a basis for forming an opinion on the group financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and review of the audit work performed for purposes of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence and where applicable, actions taken to eliminate threats or safeguards applied.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
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Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
Information Required by Regulation (EU) No. 537/2014 of the European Parliament and the Council
Appointment of Auditor and Period of Engagement
We have been appointed to audit the annual financial statements of the Company and the Group by resolution of those charged with governance dated 10 June 2025. Our period of total uninterrupted engagement is nine years, covering the periods ended 31 December 2017 to 31 December 2025.
Consistency with Additional Report to Audit Committee
We confirm that our audit opinion is consistent with the additional report to the Audit Committee.
Non-audit Services
We declare that no prohibited non-audit services referred to in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EU) No. 537/2014 of the European Parliament of the Council and Article 44 of the Audit Act were provided and that we remained independent in conducting the audit.
Report on Compliance with the ESEF Regulation
In accordance with the requirements of Article 462 paragraph 5 of Capital Market Act, we are required to express an opinion on whether the financial statements of the Company and the Group as at and for the year ended 31 December 2025, as included in the attached electronic file dalekovoddd-2025-12-31-1-en have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the requirements of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/815 of 17 December 2018 supplementing Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to regulatory technical standards on the specification of a single electronic reporting format ("the RTS on ESEF").
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance
Management is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in a digital format that complies with the RTS on ESEF. This responsibility includes:
- the preparation of the financial statements in the applicable XHTML format and their publication;
- the selection and application of appropriate iXBRL tags, using judgment where necessary;
- creating and properly anchoring extension elements where no suitable element exists;
- performing block-tagging where required;
- ensuring consistency between digitised information and the financial statements presented in human-readable format; and
- the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the application of the RTS on ESEF.
Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the Company's and the Group's ESEF reporting, as a part of the financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the financial statements have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the RTS on ESEF, based on the evidence we have obtained. We conducted our reasonable assurance engagement in accordance with International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 (Revised), Assurance Engagements Other than Audits or Reviews of
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Historical Financial Information (ISAE 3000) issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board.
A reasonable assurance engagement in accordance with ISAE 3000 involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about whether the financial statements have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the RTS on ESEF. The nature, timing and extent of procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material departures from the requirements of set out in the RTS on ESEF, whether due to fraud or error. Reasonable assurance is a high degree of assurance. However, it does not guarantee that the scope of procedures will identify all significant (material) non-compliance with the RTS on ESEF.
Our procedures included, among others:
- obtaining an understanding of the Company's and the Group's ESEF preparation process;
- evaluating the design and implementation, and operating effectiveness of relevant controls over the iXBRL tagging process;
- assessing the XHTML structure and the completeness of tagging;
- evaluating the appropriate application of core taxonomy elements, the creation and anchoring of extension elements, and the application of block-tagging where required; and, where relevant,
- assessing consistency between machine-readable and human-readable versions and the signed audited financial statements.
We believe that the evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, based on the procedures performed and evidence obtained, the financial statements of the Company and the Group as at and for the year ended 31 December 2025 presented in ESEF format and contained in the aforementioned attached electronic file, have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the requirements of the RTS on ESEF.
15 April 2026
KPMG Croatia d.o.o. za reviziju
Croatian Certified Auditors
Eurotower, 17th floor
Ivana Lučiča 2a
10000 Zagreb
Croatia

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