Interim / Quarterly Report • Sep 26, 2025
Interim / Quarterly Report
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MPC Capital is a global investment and asset manager for infrastructure projects. In the areas of maritime and energy infrastructure, MPC Capital initiates and manages investment solutions for institutional investors. MPC Capital is characterized by tailor-made investment structures, excellent project access and integrated asset management expertise. With approx. 290 employees, the MPC Capital Group manages assets under management (AuM) of EUR 5.3 billion. As a responsible company that has been listed on the stock exchange since 2000, MPC Capital actively contributes to financing the investment needs to achieve global climate goals.
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Income Statement | ||
| Revenue | 21,561 | 21,248 |
| Earnings before tax (EBT) | 12,766 | 16,542 |
| Consolidated net profit | 11,640 | 13,576 |
| Assets under Management / Balance Sheet |
30 June 2025 | 31 December 2024 |
| Assets under management (EUR billion) | 5.3 | 5.1 |
| Total assets | 157,606 | 161,387 |
| Financial assets | 80,478 | 84,073 |
| Cash in hand and bank balances | 23,235 | 33,218 |
| Equity | 132,543 | 130,690 |
| Equity ratio | 84.1 % |
81.0 % |
| Employees | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
| Employees (average total)1 | 207 | 211 |
| Personnel expenses | 11,547 | 13,189 |
Of which 82 at joint ventures (H1 2024: 71)
1


approx. 400
Assets
The first half of 2025 saw our Company maintain its robust development in a complex macroeconomic and geopolitical environment. The implementation of our more focused corporate strategy is having a lasting impact: the steady expansion of our service area, solid transaction business and strong income from our co-investment portfolio were all pivotal to our business success.
One key component of the refocused strategy adopted in 2024 is our integrated service platform for maritime assets, which we have been steadily establishing and developing over recent years. We consciously expanded this area in the first half of 2025 with the takeover of 50% of the shares of the performance manager Bestship. Bestship provides a fully digitalized IT platform for optimizing the energy efficiency of merchant vessels, currently performing this service for around 450 vessels and a broad customer base of ship owners, charterers and ship managers. This means we are now able to offer our customers a genuinely 360 degree approach that spans commercial, technical and digital services.
As at 30 June 2025 the total value of our assets under management was EUR 5.3 billion, representing growth of some 10 % compared to the previous year. These assets earned us recurring management fees amounting to EUR 18.0 million that represent about 84 % of our total revenues and cover operating costs in entirety. We also realized transaction proceeds of EUR 3.1 million, plus income from co-investments amounting to around EUR 10.4 million.
Six months into the current financial year the overall position was EBT of around EUR 12.8 million, which we consider to be a very pleasing result. While EBT for the first half of the previous year was rather stronger at EUR 16.5 million, it notably included high exit income from our co-investment portfolio.
We should also point out that much of our current growth potential has not yet filtered through into our assets under management. We initiated projects with an investment volume of some USD 800 million in the first half by securing contracts for new-build projects in shipping. We will see a corresponding rise in assets under management as these new-build projects come to fruition over the next two years or so, clearly reflecting how they are driving future growth.

Our investment strategies focus especially on asset proximity and long-term stability in cash flows. That is as true of our Maritime projects as it is of assets in the field of Energy Infrastructure. Our approach of creating a value-adding structure envisages long-term supply contracts as a way of protecting asset cash flows. We are currently experiencing high demand from industrial clients who want to decarbonize their production and promote the industrial transformation beyond their balance sheets.
On that basis, we expect the business performance for the second half of 2025 to remain solid and profitable. We remain firmly on track to reach our targets for this year.
Greetings
Constantin Baack, CEO Dr Philipp Lauenstein, CFO Christian Schwenkenbecher, CCO
The first half of 2025 saw high volatility and major political factors at work. Especially the unforeseeable trade measures that Donald Trump has pursued in his second term of office triggered uncertainty and price fluctuations on the stock markets. Investors increasingly favoured value and low-volatility strategies over tech stocks.
Geopolitical tension and economic uncertainty prompted a surge in the gold price to a record level. Political decisions such as investment in infrastructure and defence in Europe had a major impact on the markets. The US dollar weakened against the euro, making European assets a more attractive proposition.
The S&P 500 gained almost 6 % in value. The technology index Nasdaq rose by 8 %. In Germany, the DAX enjoyed clearly above-average growth of around 20 %. The SDAX even put on roughly 28 %.
On the back of a strong performance in 2024, MPC Capital AG shares were subdued in the first half of 2025. Despite positive messages on operations and strong figures, the performance fell short of what the DAX and SDAX achieved. The Company's shares started the 2025 stock market year trading at EUR 5.55 and dipped to a first-half low of EUR 4.25 on 25 April. The shares' first-half high of EUR 5.68 came in mid-June. At the end of the first half the shares were trading at EUR 4.86. The average trading volume of MPC Capital shares on Xetra was around 8,400 units per day. Market capitalization on 30 June 2025 was around EUR 171 million.
MPC Capital DAX SDAX


Shareholders of companies whose shares are listed in the Scale Standard (Open Market) of the Frankfur t Stock Exchange are not subject to the obligation to submit voting rights notifications in accordance with the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG) . The shareholder structure is therefore presented to the best of the Company's knowledge.
| Directors' Dealings | Kauf von Aktien | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 June 2025 | Constantin Baack | 140.000 |
| 13 June 2025 | Dr. Philipp Lauenstein | 125.000 |
The Annual General Meeting of MPC Capital AG was held on 13 June 2025. All agenda items were carried by the required majorities. The parties attending and the voting results as well as all other documents concerning the Annual General Meeting are permanently available on the Investor Relations web page of MPC Capital AG (www.mpc-capital.com).
Based on the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board, the Annual General Meeting on 13 June 2025 resolved the distribution of a dividend of EUR 0.27 per share with a total amount of EUR 9.5 million for the 2024 financial year. The dividend of MPC Capital AG was paid entirely from the fiscally recognized contribution account within the meaning of Section 27 of the German Corporation Tax Act.
| WKN / ISIN |
A1TNWJ / DE000A1TNWJ4 |
|---|---|
| Share capital / number of shares |
EUR 35,248,484.00 / 35,248,484 units |
| Share class | Bearer shares with notional capital share of EUR 1.00 each |
| Trading venues | Open Market in Frankfurt am Main; electronic trading on Xetra; OTC in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hanover, Munich and Stuttgart |
| Market segment | Scale |
| Capital market partner | M.M.Warburg & CO |
| Designated sponsors | M.M. Warburg & CO |
| Analysts | Montega, Pareto, Warburg Research |
| First day of trading | 28 September 2000 |
| Reuters code | MPCG.DE |
| Bloomberg | MPCK:GR |
| Ticker symbol | MPCK |
27 March 2025 Publication of Annual Report 2024
31 March 2025 Quirin Champions Conference, Frankfurt am Main
12–14 May 2025 Equity Forum Spring Conference, Frankfurt am Main
13 May 2025 Q1 2025 key figures
13 June 2025 Annual General Meeting of MPC Capital AG 28 August 2025 Hamburg Investors Conference
25 September 2025 Publication of Interim Financial Report 2025
12 November 2025 Q3 2025 key figures
24 November 2025 Analyst conference at the Equity Forum, Frankfurt am Main Investor Relations – Your Contact Stefan Zenker Tel.: +49 (40) 38022 4200 E-Mail: [email protected] www.mpc-capital.com/ir
MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG Palmaille 67 22767 Hamburg Germany
WKN A1TNWJ ISIN DE000A1TNWJ4
The MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital Group ("MPC Capital", "MPC Capital Group") is an internationally active investment manager and provider of services for investment projects in maritime and energy infrastructure. The parent company MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG ("MPC Capital AG") has been quoted on the stock market since 2000 and is currently listed in the Scale segment of Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt am Main (open market).
With assets under management (AUM) of currently EUR 5.3 billion, MPC Capital targets sustainable growth and longterm value creation for its investors.
The range of products and services offered by the MPC Capital Group comprises the structuring and placement of investment solutions for institutional and professional investors as well as the provision of commercial, technical and other services. The MPC Capital Group is also routinely involved in investment projects in the capacity of co-investor. Here, MPC Capital specializes in alternative asset segments for maritime and energy infrastructure.
The structural attributes of the investment projects primarily reflect the strategy of the individual investor and the underlying asset. Whether for fund solutions (in the form of an alternative investment fund, for example), listed platforms (in the form of a market-listed platforms), separate accounts (direct investment) or a different legal construct, as an investment manager MPC Capital offers comprehensive expertise for a broad spectrum of structuring solutions. MPC Capital also provides technical and commercial management services on behalf of third parties.
The MPC Capital Group receives management fees in return for managing investment projects. The level of management fees primarily reflects the volume of assets under management. MPC Capital in addition realizes one-off and to some extent performance-based transaction fees from the onboarding and sale of assets. MPC Capital generates other operating income or equity investment income through co-investments.
The future development of maritime and energy infrastructure will depend substantially on the global push for a successful energy transition towards sustainability and efficiency. This megatrend and the associated need for investment in the requisite infrastructure offer huge opportunities for the MPC Capital Group to develop and grow.
The global economy exhibited little dynamism at the start of 2025, with early indicators pointing to an impending but merely moderate recovery. The global outlook for growth was substantially downgraded in light of historically high US tariffs and the increasingly precarious security situations in Ukraine and the Middle East. Inflation is coming down more slowly than expected and the risks emanating from trade frictions, political uncertainty and volatile financial markets could increase. Further escalation could add to the pressures on growth. Recent weak market data from the United States has now undermined economic sentiment once more.
In its most recent outlook dated April 2025, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts global growth of 2.8 % for 2025.
The US dollar shed around 12 % in value against the euro over the course of the first half of 2025. Market observers point to growing concerns among investors at a potential further rise in United States national debt. Their assessment is that it has lifted yields on US government bonds and put further pressure on the dollar.
A global average inflation rate of 4.0 % is expected for 2025. That is higher than the level expected in the previous quarter (3.9 % in Q4 2024). In the short term, inflation is therefore expected to rise again slightly rather than continue falling. After several rate cuts by the European Central Bank (ECB) since the start of 2025, the deposit facility is now 2.0 %. Meanwhile the United States Federal Reserve decided against interest rate cuts at its meetings in March, May, June and July 2025. The key rate in the United States currently ranges between 4.25 % and 4.50 %.
Shifting interest rate levels are expected to bring alternative investment products more sharply into focus for investors. In addition, the worldwide switch to renewables continues, involving substantial investment in the expansion of the infrastructure.
Amid continuing market volatility and challenges, MPC Capital successfully grew its business in the first half of 2025.
Alongside the strategic expansion of the Maritime services area with the integration of Zeaborn Ship Management GmbH & Co. KG ("Zeaborn" or "Zeaborn Group") following on from its purchase in 2024 and the acquisition of BestShip GmbH & Cie. KG ("BestShip") in early 2025, the first half of 2025 saw a number of transactions. MPC Capital also enjoyed further steady returns from the co-investment portfolio.
Maritime services business was a major contributor to growth. With the acquisition of the ship management business Zeaborn in the previous year and the takeover of the performance manager BestShip in Q1 2025, MPC Capital now offers an even broader range of services and has expanded its asset basis.
In conjunction with the Norwegian company Wilhelmsen Ship Management Holding AS ("Wilhelmsen"), MPC Capital's joint venture partner for technical ship management, the joint takeover of 100 % of the Hamburg-based ship manager Zeaborn was agreed at the end of December 2023. Thanks to Zeaborn's complementary customer base and range of services, MPC Capital expects to be able to build on its market position in ship management business. For its part, BestShip offers IT-based valuations of ships in terms of energy efficiency and emissions reductions and advises on how to implement optimizations, adding a new dimension to the range of services available from the MPC Capital Group.
First-time consolidation of the Zeaborn Group took effect from 1 April 2024 and of BestShip from 1 January 2025.
In February 2025 MPC Capital was able to announce the investment of some EUR 70 million in MPC Capital's platform for offshore service vessels by Eurazeo and a European family office. The platform was launched as a joint venture by MPC Capital and O.S. Energy ("MPC OSE Offshore") to develop, build and manage service vessels specifically for deployment on offshore wind farms. The plans involve initially building up a fleet of five or six specialized vessels
In April 2025 MPC Capital announced that it had successfully completed the sale of the Paradise Park solar plant in Jamaica. The 51 MWp solar park, the island nation's biggest, was sold by MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited to the InterEnergy Group, a supplier of integrated energy solutions with operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
With its commissioning in 2019, Paradise Park became the first asset of MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Inc.; it is pivotal to Jamaica achieving its targets for a sustainable energy supply. The project was developed in partnership with Neoen and financed by the French development bank PROPARCO and the Dutch development bank FMO.
MPC Capital again supported a range of transactions in the Maritime sector in the first half of 2025. Proceeds of EUR 3.1 million for the first half of 2025 were on a par with the prior-year period (EUR 3.3 million).
The projects were regularly inspired by the need to rejuvenate the fleet and promote alternative propulsion technologies, as illustrated by the delivery of the two green container vessels NCL VESTLAND and NCL NORDLAND. The 1,300 TEU container ships are fitted with modern dual fuel engines and can run on green methanol. They are therefore among the most efficient and climate-friendly cargo ships in their class.
Proceeds were also realized through opportunistic transactions involving the sale and purchase (S&P) of vessels.
The assets under management (AUM) of the MPC Capital Group as at 30 June 2025 totalled EUR 5.3 billion (31 December 2024: EUR 5.1 billion) and were spread across some 230 individual assets.
New business brought asset additions of around EUR 0.4 billion. Conversely asset disposals amounted to some EUR 0.5 billion. The transaction volume for the first half of 2025 therefore came to EUR 1.0 billion. Measurement and currency effects amounted to EUR 0.3 billion.
As at 30 June 2025, EUR 0.5 billion of assets under management were in fund solutions (special AIF, closed-end funds, etc.), EUR 1.4 billion in listed platforms (assets of listed companies) and EUR 3.4 billion in separate accounts (single or direct investments, club deals and other individual investment structures) or in the form of service mandates.
Revenues for the MPC Capital Group came to EUR 21.6 million in the first half of 2025, around 1 % up on the previous year's level (EUR 21.2 million). It was by and large possible to compensate for negative currency effects due to the weak US dollar. Revenues from management services increased by 5 % in the first half of 2025, from EUR 17.1 million to EUR 18.0 million. The rise is mainly attributable to the integration of the Zeaborn Group, which was included in consolidation for the first time effective 1 April 2024, and of BestShip, which was acquired at the start of 2025.
Proceeds from transaction services were down slightly on the previous year at EUR 3.1 million (H1 2024: EUR 3.3 million). These comprised acquisition and sales fees as well as other project-related income. Transactions involved a range of purchases and sales in the Maritime segment as well as the sale of a solar park project.
Other operating income for the first half of 2025 came to EUR 3.7 million (H1 2024: EUR 16.5 million). Accounting profits especially in the form of income from the delivery of new-build container ships were a major feature of the prior-year period. Changes in exchange rates produced income of EUR 1.3 million (H1 2024: EUR 1.0 million). The rise is due to a weaker US dollar. The first half of 2025 saw around EUR 1.2 million realized through the reversal of provisions that had been created primarily for former business activities involving closed-end funds. Some EUR 0.4 million was attributable to accounting profits from asset sales arising from the strategic reorientation and the withdrawal from real estate business.
The cost of materials amounted to EUR 1.6 million in the first half of 2025 (H1 2024: EUR 2.4 million). The decrease was driven mainly by the deconsolidation of the equity investment in AVB Ahrenkiel Vogemann Bolten GmbH & Co. KG, which was disposed of as at 31 December 2024.
Personnel expenses came to EUR 11.5 million in the first half of 2025 (H1 2024: EUR 13.2 million). The decrease is attributable primarily to non-recurring effects in the prior-year period and synergy effects arising from the integration of the Zeaborn Group.
Amortization of intangible fixed assets and depreciation of property, plant and equipment reached EUR 1.2 million (H1 2024: EUR 2.1 million) and mainly comprised goodwill amortization for the Group companies in the area of commercial ship management.
Other operating expenses fell by 15 % to EUR 8.6 million (H1 2024: EUR 10.1 million). The decrease substantially reflects non-recurring and synergy effects from the integration of the Zeaborn Group and changes in exchange rates.
The operating result (EBIT) for the Group declined from EUR 10.0 million to EUR 2.2 million in the first half of 2025 mainly because of lower other operating income. The decline in expense items in turn benefited EBIT.
The financial result improved from EUR 6.6 million in the first half of 2024 to EUR 10.6 million in the first half of 2025. Investment income for the first half of 2025 came to EUR 1.2 million (H1 2024: EUR 4.1 million). The decrease is attributable to lower profit distributions by project companies. Meanwhile the result of associates carried at equity went up from EUR 2.7 million in H1 2024 to EUR 9.1 million in H1 2025 and reflects the rise in net income from the dividends of MPC Container Ships ASA, in which MPC Capital currently holds a stake of around 14 %.
Other interest and similar income came to EUR 0.4 million (H1 2024: EUR 1.0 million), primarily from interest income and loans for project financing.
No write-downs of financial assets were required in the first half of 2025. In the previous year, write-downs of financial assets in the amount of EUR 1.0 million were made to reflect market-driven valuation adjustments for equity investments.
Interest and similar expenses came to EUR 0.2 million (H1 2024: EUR 0.2 million) and substantially consisted of interest expenses for project financing.
Consolidated earnings before tax (EBT) for the first half of 2025 came to around EUR 12.8 million The prior-year figure of EUR 16.5 million included high other operating income from the delivery of new-build container ships.
Income tax expense and other taxes for the first half of 2025 came to EUR 1.1 million (H1 2024: EUR 3.0 million). The decrease reflects the lower pre-tax profit and a generally lower tax ratio.
Consolidated net profit was EUR 11.6 million (H1 2024: EUR 13.6 million). After deduction of non-controlling interests in the amount of EUR 0.2 million (H1 2024: EUR 3.9 million) there remained a surplus of EUR 11.4 million (H1 2024: EUR 9.7 million). Minority interest declined with the acquisition of an increased shareholding in MPC Container Ships ASA in the first half of 2024.
Earnings per share rose to EUR 0.32 (H1 2024: EUR 0.28) thanks to lower minority interest.
The total assets of the Group as at 30 June 2025 declined to EUR 157.6 million (31 December 2024: EUR 161.4 million) as a result of the lower fixed assets and current assets.
Financial assets, which essentially comprise the co-investment portfolio of the MPC Capital Group, declined to EUR 80.5 million as at 30 June 2025 (31 December 2024: EUR 84.1 million) with the distribution of an investment vehicle for maritime assets. Total fixed assets came down correspondingly from EUR 91.3 million to EUR 88.9 million as at 30 June 2025. Intangible fixed assets accounted for EUR 6.5 million (31 December 2024: EUR 5.3 million) of this figure. The rise is attributable to the acquisition of BestShip and the associated increase in goodwill.
Current assets declined from EUR 69.7 million as at the end of 2024 to EUR 67.7 million as at 30 June 2025 primarily because of the cash outflow for the distribution of the dividend for financial year 2024. Receivables and other assets amounted to EUR 44.5 million at 30 June 2025, slightly up on the level of 31 December 2024 (EUR 36.4 million). The other assets also include the equity investment in the 11 MW wind farm in Hesse, which is held as a seed asset for a European renewables strategy.
Liquidity for the Group (cash in hand and bank balances) declined to EUR 23.2 million as at 30 June 2025 (31 December 2024: EUR 33.2 million) mainly as a result of the distribution of the dividend with a volume of EUR 9.5 million for financial year 2024.
Equity rose from EUR 130.7 million as at 31 December 2024 to EUR 132.5 million as at 30 June 2025 thanks to the higher net retained profit. The equity ratio rose from 81.0 % to 84.1 %.
Provisions in the amount of EUR 15.5 million were recognized as at 30 June 2025 (31 December 2024: EUR 21.6 million). The fall partly reflects the advancing integration of the Zeaborn Group, but also the reversal of provisions for legal and consultancy costs for the retail business area that is no longer being pursued.
Liabilities as at 30 June 2025 amounted to EUR 9.5 million, slightly above the level as at 31 December 2024 (EUR 9.0 million). The increase was prompted by an increase to an existing bank loan.
The cash flow from operating activities came to EUR 0.1 million in the first half of 2025 (H1 2024: EUR 24.6 million). The decrease is substantially due to the rise in non-cash earnings effects such as the results of associates carried at equity in the amount of EUR 9.1 million (H1 2024: EUR 2.7 million) as well as to the change in other provisions amounting to EUR 4.8 million (H1 2024: EUR 1.7 million). The changes in receivables and other assets primarily reflect reporting date related receivables from MPC Container Ships ASA dividends.
The cash flow from investing activities in the period under review came to EUR -1.4 million (H1 2024: EUR -34.1 million). Payments for investments in intangible and property, plant and equipment amounting to EUR -2.4 million (H1 2024: EUR -0.7 million) mainly comprised the equity investment in BestShip. Activities as co-investor in investment projects necessitated payments for investments in financial assets amounting to EUR 0.8 million (H1 2024: EUR -40.1 million). A major factor in the previous year was the increased equity investment in MPC Container Ships. There was an opposite effect from proceeds from the disposal of financial assets in the amount of EUR 0.3 million (H1 2024: EUR 5.6 million). Accounting profits from asset sales in connection with the delivery of new-build container ships were a major feature of the prior-year period. In the first half of 2025, MPC Capital received interest and dividends from equity investments and loans in the amount of EUR 0.7 million (H1 2024: EUR 2.0 million).
The first half of 2025 saw MPC Capital raise borrowings of EUR 1.5 million (H1 2024: EUR 0 million) in the form of an increased bank loan. There was an opposite effect in the form of redemption and interest payments in the amount of EUR 0.7 million (H1 2024: EUR 0.9 million). The distribution of the dividend for MPC Capital AG in the amount of EUR 9.5 million (H1 2024: EUR 9.5 million) produced a negative cash flow from financing activities of EUR -8.6 million in the first half of 2025 (H1 2024: EUR -20.2 million). The previous year also featured payments and dividend distributions to other shareholders.
Total cash and cash equivalents as at 30 June 2025 declined to EUR 23.2 million (31 December 2024: EUR 33.2 million).
The principal opportunities and risks associated with the expected development of the Group are presented in the Group Management Report for the 2024 financial year.
There were no material changes in the assessment of opportunities and risks in the period under review, in particular concerning those that could have arisen from the development and focusing of the corporate strategy.
The principal opportunities and risks associated with the expected development of the Group are presented in the Group Management Report for the 2023 financial year.
There were no material changes in the assessment of opportunities and risks in the period under review, in particular concerning those that could have arisen from the development and focusing of the corporate strategy.
The following forecasts contain assumptions that are not certain to materialize. If one or more assumptions fail to materialize, the actual events and developments may differ significantly from the forecasts presented.
The IMF believes that the rapid escalation of trade tensions and high political uncertainty will deeply impact global economic activity. The IMF's estimate envisages a decline in global economic growth to 2.8 % in 2025, followed by 3 % in 2026.
At its most recent meeting at the end of July, the United States Federal Reserve left key rates at the level of 4.25 – 4.50 %. The central bank wants to wait and see how United States trade policy affects inflation and the labour market. Europe's central bank latterly left the key rate unchanged at 2.0% after seven successive interest rate cuts within the space of a year. The European Central Bank is therefore reacting to the observation that the economy there has proved to be generally resilient amid difficult conditions globally.
Based on an equity ratio of 84 %, a cash position of EUR 23.2 million and the further development and focusing of the corporate strategy, MPC Capital will continue to concentrate on expanding the service and investment platforms in order to generate additional growth. Particularly in light of high demand for investments in connection with the energy transition and the decarbonization of world trade, MPC Capital identifies growth opportunities in the areas of Renewables and Maritime Infrastructure. MPC Capital is also pursuing opportunistic investment strategies especially in the Maritime sector.
For the 2025 financial year, the Management Board continues to expect consolidated revenues of between EUR 43.0 million to EUR 47.0 million.
Consolidated earnings before tax (EBT) should be in the range of EUR 25.0 million to EUR 30.0 million.
Dr. Philipp Lauenstein
Liquidity is likely to decline slightly in the course of the 2025 financial year based on the level of investing activity and the dividend distribution, with a positive operating cash flow and further capital returns from co-investments. The Management Board continues to target an equity ratio in excess of 70 %.
Hamburg, 22 September 2025
Christian Schwenkenbecher
Constantin Baack Chairman
CONDENSED INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT 30 JUNE 2025
| Consolidated Statement of Financial Position | 19 |
|---|---|
| Consolidated Income Statement | 20 |
| Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity | 21 |
| Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows | 22 |
| Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | 23 |
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12 /2024 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Fixed assets | 88,937 | 91,350 |
| I. Intangible assets |
6,524 | 5,273 | |
| 1. Purchased concessions, industrial rights and software | 90 | 97 | |
| 2. Goodwill | 6,434 | 5,176 | |
| II. Property, plant and equipment |
1,934 | 2,004 | |
| 1. Land, land rights and buildings, including buildings on third-party land |
105 | 116 | |
| 2. Other fixtures and fittings, operating and office equipment | 1,829 | 1,888 | |
| III. Financial assets |
80,478 | 84,073 | |
| 1. Shares in affiliated companies | 442 | 430 | |
| 2. Shares in associates | 64,790 | 68,416 | |
| 3. Equity investments | 9,827 | 9,853 | |
| 4. Investment securities | 4,733 | 4,733 | |
| 5. Other loans | 687 | 641 | |
| B. | Current assets | 67,737 | 69,661 |
| I. Receivables and other assets |
44,502 | 36,444 | |
| 1. Trade receivables | 6,010 | 4,504 | |
| 2. Receivables from other long-term investees and investors | 2,405 | 2,322 | |
| 3. Other assets | 36,087 | 29,618 | |
| II. Cash in hand and bank balances |
23,235 | 33,218 | |
| C. | Deferred items | 932 | 376 |
| Total assets | 157,606 | 161,387 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12 /2024 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | Equity | 132,543 | 130,690 |
| I. Subscribed capital |
35,248 | 35,248 | |
| II. Additional paid-in capital |
51,917 | 51,917 | |
| III. Difference in equity from currency translation |
-164 | 106 | |
| IV. Consolidated net retained profit |
44,808 | 42,932 | |
| V. Minority interest |
734 | 487 | |
| B. | Provisions | 15,521 | 21,560 |
| 1. Provisions for taxes |
4,905 | 6,426 | |
| 2. Other provisions |
10,615 | 15,135 | |
| C. | Liabilities | 9,471 | 9,031 |
| 1. Liabilities to banks |
4,500 | 3,511 | |
| 2. Trade payables |
1,600 | 1,618 | |
| 3. Liabilities to other long-term investees and investors |
251 | 285 | |
| 4. Other liabilities |
3,120 | 3,617 | |
| D. | Deferred items | 71 | 106 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 157,606 | 161,387 |
from 1 January to 30 June 2025
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Revenue | 21,561 | 21,248 | |
| 2. | Other operating income | 3,660 | 16,456 | |
| 3. | Cost of materials: cost of purchased services | -1,649 | -2,365 | |
| 4. | Personnel expenses | -11,547 | -13,189 | |
| a) Wages and salaries |
-10,145 | -11,672 | ||
| b) Social security, post-employment and other employee benefit costs |
-1,402 | -1,517 | ||
| 5. | Amortization of intangible fixed assets and depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
-1,199 | -2,120 | |
| 6. | Other operating expenses | -8,616 | -10,074 | |
| 7. | Operating result (EBIT) | 2,210 | 9,956 | |
| 8. | Income from equity investments | 1,234 | 4,124 | |
| 9. | Other interest and similar income | 369 | 953 | |
| 10. | Write-downs on financial assets | 0 | -1,000 | |
| 11. | Interest and similar expenses | -185 | -239 | |
| 12. | Result of associates carried at equity | 9,139 | 2,748 | |
| 13. | Earnings before taxes (EBT) | 12,766 | 16,542 | |
| 14. | Taxes on income | -1,112 | -2,950 | |
| 15. | Earnings after taxes (EAT) | 11,654 | 13,592 | |
| 16. | Other taxes | -14 | -16 | |
| 17. | Consolidated net profit | 11,640 | 13,576 | |
| 18. | Minority interest | -247 | -3,879 | |
| 19. | Dividends paid | -9,517 | -9,517 | |
| 20. | Profit carried forward | 42,932 | 35,636 | |
| 21. | Consolidated net retained profit | 44,808 | 35,816 | |
EUR '000 Subscribed capital Additional paid-in capital Net retained profits Difference in equity from currency translation As at 1 January 2025 35,248 51,917 42,932 106 Profit distributions 0 0 -9,517 0 Consolidated net profit 0 0 11,393 0 Currency translation differences 0 0 0 -270 Total comprehensive income 0 0 11,393 -270 As at 30 June 2025 35,248 51,917 44,808 -164 Equity Equity before attributed share of net retained profits Net retained profits Equity Consolidated equity 130,203 185 302 487 130,690 -9,517 0 0 0 -9,517 11,393 0 247 247 11,640 -270 0 0 0 -270 11,123 0 247 247 11,370 131,809 185 549 734 132,543
Minority interest
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
| Difference | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| in equity | |||||||||
| Subscribed | Additional | Net retained | from currency | Equity before attributed | Net retained | Consolidated | |||
| EUR '000 | capital | paid-in capital | profits | translation | Equity | share of net retained profits | profits | Equity | equity |
| As at 1 January 2024 | 35,248 | 51,917 | 35,636 | -8 | 122,793 | 3,551 | 3,178 | 6,729 | 129,522 |
| Capital reduction | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3,366 | 0 | -3,366 | -3,366 |
| Profit distributions | 0 | 0 | -9,517 | 0 | -9,517 | 0 | -6,221 | -6,221 | -15,738 |
| Change in consolidation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -73 | -73 | -73 |
| Consolidated net profit | 0 | 0 | 9,697 | 0 | 9,697 | 0 | 3,879 | 3,879 | 13,576 |
| Currency translation differences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Total comprehensive income | 0 | 0 | 9,697 | 26 | 9,724 | 0 | 3,879 | 3,879 | 13,603 |
| As at 30 June 2024 | 35,248 | 51,917 | 35,816 | 18 | 123,000 | 185 | 763 | 948 | 123,948 |
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash flow from operating activities | 107 | 24,559 |
| Consolidated net profit | 11,640 | 13,576 |
| Amortization of intangible assets and depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
1,199 | 2,120 |
| Write-downs on financial assets | 0 | 1,000 |
| Result of associates carried at equity | -9,139 | -2,748 |
| Gain/loss on the disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
0 | -26 |
| Gain/loss on the disposal of financial assets | -21 | 0 |
| Changes in inventories, trade receivables and other assets not allocable to investing or financing activities |
481 | 2,270 |
| Changes in trade payables and other liabilities not allocable to investing or financing activities |
-1,563 | -1,671 |
| Changes in other provisions | -4,754 | -1,689 |
| Proceeds from dividends | 7,261 | 14,294 |
| Income tax expense | 1,112 | 2,950 |
| Income taxes received / paid |
-5,257 | -5,666 |
| Interest expenses and interest income | -73 | 122 |
| Other non-cash expenses /income |
-779 | 27 |
Cash inflows that, in accordance with their economic character, result from cash inflows from non-current assets held in the course of operating activities (proceeds from disposals and dividends) are included in operating cash flow in the consolidated statement of cash flows.
The cash and cash equivalents component from the joint ventures using proportionate consolidation amounts to EUR 1.6 million.
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash flow from investing activities | -1,446 | -34,111 |
| Payments for investments in intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
-2,382 | -706 |
| Payments for investments in financial assets | -805 | -40,143 |
| Proceeds from the disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
2 | 0 |
| Proceeds from the disposal of financial assets | 326 | 5,588 |
| Effects of changes in consolidation | 667 | -817 |
| Interest received | 369 | 592 |
| Proceeds from dividends | 377 | 1,375 |
| Cash flow from financing activities | -8,644 | -20,156 |
| Proceeds of new borrowings | 1,549 | 0 |
| Repayments of borrowings | -564 | -945 |
| Interest paid | -112 | 0 |
| Payments to other shareholders | 0 | -3,400 |
| Effects of changes in consolidation | 0 | -73 |
| Dividends paid to other shareholders | 0 | -6,221 |
| Dividend paid by MPC Capital AG | -9,517 | -9,517 |
| Changes in cash and cash equivalents | -9,983 | -29,708 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period | 33,218 | 61,140 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 23,235 | 31,432 |
Note:
Rounding differences may occur.
Cash and cash equivalents corresponds to the balance sheet item "Cash in hand and bank balances".
of MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG, Hamburg, from 1 January to 30 June 2025
The MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital Group ("MPC Capital", "MPC Capital Group") is an independent asset and investment manager for real asset investments. MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG ("MPC Capital AG") is the Group parent. Together with its subsidiaries, MPC Capital AG develops and manages real asset investments and investment products for international institutional investors, family offices and professional investors. The financial year of MPC Capital AG and of its included subsidiaries corresponds to the calendar year.
MPC Capital AG is entered on the Commercial Register of the Hamburg District Court, Department B, under 72691 and its shares are listed in the Scale segment of Deutsche Börse AG. The Company's registered office is Hamburg, Germany.
These interim consolidated financial statements as at 30 June 2025 have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of German Accounting Standard (GAS) 16 "Half-yearly Financial Reporting", which governs interim financial statements in accordance with the German Commercial Code. The interim consolidated financial statements are therefore to be read in conjunction with the HGB consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2024 (consolidated financial statements). These interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited but have been subjected to an accounting review based on auditing standard IDW PS 900 together with the interim group management report. The condensed interim consolidated financial statements and the interim group management report for the first half of 2025 were released by the Management Board of MPC Capital AG on 22 September 2025.
The interim consolidated financial statements of the MPC Capital Group as at 30 June 2025 follow the same accounting, valuation and consolidation policies as in the consolidated financial statements dated 31 December 2024. The interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared based on the assumption of business continuation. Unless stated otherwise, the policies were applied consistently in the reporting periods presented.
The following companies were fully consolidated for the first time in the first half of the 2025 financial year:
The following company was included in consolidation proportionately for the first time in the first half of the 2025 financial year:
• BestShip GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg (shareholding: 50.0 percent)
The following companies were deconsolidated in the first half of the 2025 financial year:
c) Changes within the consolidated statement of financial position and consolidated income statement for 1 January to 30 June 2025
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
| EUR million | |
|---|---|
| Revenues | 1.3 |
| Other operating income | 0.1 |
| Gross profit | 1.4 |
| Personnel expenses | -0.6 |
| Other operating expenses | -0.2 |
| Earnings before tax | 0.6 |
| Taxes on income | -0.1 |
| Earnings after tax / consolidated earnings | 0.5 |
| Costs | Depreciation and amortization | Carrying amount | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR '000 | As at 01/01/2025 |
Additions | Disposals | Change in group of consolidated companies / reclasses |
As at 30/06/2025 |
As at 01/01/2025 |
Additions | Disposals | Change in consolidation / reclasses |
As at 30/06/2025 |
As at 30/06/2025 |
As at 31/12/2024 |
|
| l. Intangible assets | |||||||||||||
| 1. Purchased concessions, industrial rights and software |
2,226 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2,250 | 2,129 | 43 | 0 | -12 | 2,160 | 90 | 97 | |
| 2. Goodwill | 38,757 | 2,224 | 0 | 0 | 40,981 | 33,582 | 966 | 0 | 0 | 34,547 | 6,434 | 5,176 | |
| 40,984 | 2,245 | 0 | 2 | 43,231 | 35,711 | 1,009 | 0 | -12 | 36,707 | 6,524 | 5,273 | ||
| ll. Property, plant and equipment | |||||||||||||
| 1. Land, land rights and buildings, including buildings on third-party land |
334 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 334 | 217 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 105 | 116 | |
| 2. Other fixtures and fittings, operating and office equipment |
3,084 | 134 | 49 | -46 | 3,123 | 1,196 | 179 | 47 | -35 | 1,294 | 1,829 | 1,888 | |
| 3,418 | 134 | 49 | -46 | 3,457 | 1,414 | 190 | 47 | -35 | 1,523 | 1,934 | 2,004 | ||
| lll. Financial assets | |||||||||||||
| 1. Shares in affiliated companies | 490 | 215 | 203 | 0 | 502 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 442 | 430 | |
| 2. Shares in associates | 68,608 | 9,184 | 12,810 | 0 | 64,982 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 64,790 | 68,416 | |
| 3. Equity investments | 24,804 | 1 | 92 | -10,170 | 14,543 | 14,951 | 0 | 91 | -10,144 | 4,716 | 9,827 | 9,853 | |
| 4. Investment securities | 8,534 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,534 | 3,801 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,801 | 4,733 | 4,733 | |
| 5. Other loans | 5,891 | 45 | 2,824 | 0 | 3,112 | 5,249 | 0 | 2,824 | 0 | 2,425 | 687 | 641 | |
| 108,327 | 9,444 | 15,929 | -10,170 | 91,673 | 24,253 | 0 | 2,915 | -10,144 | 11,194 | 80,478 | 84,073 | ||
| Fixed assets | 152,728 | 11,824 | 15,978 | -10,214 | 138,361 | 61,378 | 1,199 | 2,962 | -10,191 | 49,424 | 88,937 | 91,350 |
The intangible assets are predominantly made up of goodwill arising in the course of first-time consolidation of the following companies:
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| ZEABORN Ship Management GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg | 2,747 | 3,019 |
| BestShip GmbH & Cie. KG, Hamburg | 1,833 | 0 |
| Harper Petersen Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 1,012 | 1,242 |
| Barber Ship Management Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 842 | 915 |
| Goodwill | 6,434 | 5,176 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
The increase is attributable to the acquisition of BestShip at the start of the year.
Leasehold improvements and operating and office equipment or related advance payments account for the bulk of property, plant and equipment.
The shares in associates and the equity investments are made up as follows:
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Shares in associates | 64,790 | 68,416 |
| MPC CSI GmbH, Hamburg | 39,579 | 39,579 |
| CSI Container Ships Investment GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 17,030 | 17,030 |
| BB Amstel B.V., Amsterdam / Netherlands | 2,423 | 2,423 |
| Topeka MPC Maritime AS, Oslo / Norway | 1,789 | 1,789 |
| Rio Jul Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 1,671 | 1,671 |
| Ahrenkiel Steamship Asset Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 746 | 2,911 |
| Rio Kobe Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 624 | 624 |
| Waterway IT Solutions GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 517 | 517 |
| Aurum Insurance Ltd., Isle of Man | 204 | 204 |
| Trevamare Management Holding GmbH, Hamburg | 106 | 1,592 |
| Miscellaneous equity investments in associates | 100 | 75 |
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Equity investments | 9,827 | 9,853 |
| MPC OSE Offshore GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 3,213 | 0 |
| MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund LLC, Cayman Islands | 2,730 | 2,730 |
| MPC European Clean Energy S.A., Grevenmacher / Luxembourg | 1,530 | 1,530 |
| Stille Beteiligungen MPC IT Services GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 563 | 563 |
| Nordic Ems GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 455 | 455 |
| AG CRE Maxis C.V., Amsterdam / Netherlands | 360 | 360 |
| WASM Steamship Acquisition GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 201 | 201 |
| OSSV 1 Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Hamburg | 0 | 3,213 |
| Other equity investments in fund limited partnerships | 776 | 802 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
MPC Capital holds the shares in MPC Container Ships ASA directly through MPC CSI GmbH, Hamburg and indirectly through CSI Container Ships Investment GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg.
The shares in OSSV 1 Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, were contributed to MPC OSE Offshore GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg, in connection with the accession of other investors.
Investment securities are made up as follows:
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| MPC Energy Solutions N.V., Amsterdam / Netherlands | 4,733 | 4,733 |
| Investment securities | 4,733 | 4,733 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
At the start of 2021, under its co-investment strategy MPC Capital acquired a co-investor stake in the private placement – which it initiated – of MPC Energy Solutions N.V., whose shares are listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
The other loans are predominantly for project financing with a medium to long term of up to ten years.
The statement of changes in receivables is as follows:
| Maturities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR '000 | Total | up to 1 year |
over 1 year |
of which over 5 years |
|
| 1. Trade receivables | 30/06/2025 | 6,010 | 6,010 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 4,504 | 4,504 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2. Receivables from other long-term investees and investors |
30/06/2025 | 2,405 | 2,405 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 2,322 | 2,322 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which from joint ventures | 30/06/2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 118 | 118 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which from associated equity investments | 30/06/2025 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which from fund companies | 30/06/2025 | 1,974 | 1,974 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 1,850 | 1,850 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which from other equity investments | 30/06/2025 | 381 | 381 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 307 | 307 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30/06/2025 | 1,509 | 1,509 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which trade receivables | 31/12/2024 | 1,383 | 1,383 | 0 | 0 |
| 30/06/2025 | 895 | 895 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which other assets | 31/12/2024 | 939 | 939 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. Other assets | 30/06/2025 | 36,087 | 35,996 | 91 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 29,618 | 29,496 | 121 | 0 | |
| 30/06/2025 | 44,502 | 44,411 | 91 | 0 | |
| Receivables and other assets | 31/12/2024 | 36,444 | 36,323 | 121 | 0 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Income tax receivables | 14,119 | 11,495 |
| Project financing | 14,024 | 13,513 |
| Receivables from dividends | 3,124 | 0 |
| Receivables from CO2 certificates | 1,679 | 1,907 |
| Loan receivables from project companies | 768 | 855 |
| Collateral provided | 455 | 464 |
| Sales tax receivables | 467 | 569 |
| Creditors with debit balances | 86 | 47 |
| Miscellaneous assets | 1,365 | 768 |
| Other assets | 36,087 | 29,618 |
Miscellaneous assets
Bank balances and cash in hand are made up as follows:
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Bank balances | 23,226 | 33,204 |
| Cash in hand | 9 | 14 |
| Cash in hand and bank balances | 23,235 | 33,218 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
A detailed analysis of changes in bank balances and cash in hand is shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows.
The details of the changes in equity are shown in the consolidated statement of changes in equity.
The fully paid-up share capital of MPC Capital AG remains unchanged at EUR 35.2 million (31 December 2024: EUR 35.2 million). The share capital is divided into 35,248,484 (31 December 2024: 35,248,484) no-par-value bearer shares each with a notional value of EUR 1.00.
The Management Board was authorized by the Annual General Meeting on 13 June 2024 to increase the share capital of the Company, with the agreement of the Supervisory Board, on one or multiple occasions until 21 April 2026 by up to a total of EUR 17,624,242.00 through the issuance of up to 17,624,242 new no-par-value bearer shares against cash and/or non-cash contributions (Authorized Capital 2024).
In the event of a capital increase, the shareholders are fundamentally to be granted a pre-emptive right; the statutory preemptive right may also be granted in such a form that the new shares are taken on wholly or in part by a bank or consortium of banks designated by the Management Board with the obligation to offer them to the shareholders of the Company for subscription (indirect pre-emptive right pursuant to Section 186 (5) sentence 1 of German Stock Corporation Act – AktG). The Management Board is also authorized, with the agreement of the Supervisory Board, to disapply pre-emptive rights
The Management Board of MPC Capital AG has, with the agreement of the Supervisory Board dated 9 July 2024, established a stock option plan (long-term incentive plan, LTIP) as a component of the remuneration system of MPC Capital AG; it covers members of the Management Board and executive management of MPC Capital AG as well as managing directors and executive management of its subsidiaries. Its purpose is to align the interests of selected management figures even more closely with the corporate goals and to promote long-term retention.
The fundamental structure of the LTIP envisages that these individuals receive stock options that can be exercised after a vesting period of four years if the beneficiaries are still in employment or employment has ended through no fault of the beneficiary. Exercising is in addition tied to the attainment of performance targets that reflect whether certain share price thresholds have been reached.
Fulfilment of the stock option rights will involve the issuance of new shares from contingent capital or possibly from available treasury shares. MPC Capital AG moreover has the option to fulfil the obligation from the LTIP in the form of a cash commitment instead of by issuing shares. This flexibility produces what is known as a blended commitment where MPC Capital AG has an option on how to meet its obligations from the LTIP in fulfilment of stock option rights.
When exercising stock options, the beneficiary must pay the minimum issue price of EUR 1.00 to the Company unless fulfilment takes the form of a cash commitment.
The legal basis for this LTIP can be found in Sections 192 (2) No. 3 in conjunction with 193 (2) No. 4 AktG. For the stock option plan to take effect, a corresponding resolution of the Annual General Meeting of MPC Capital AG was therefore required and was tabled at the Annual General Meeting on 13 June 2025.
How the stock options are accounted for depends on the most likely form of fulfilment at the balance sheet date. If the form of fulfilment is open, the version that creates the lowest financial burden is chosen. Fulfilment through the issuance of new shares from contingent capital causes no direct economic obligation to arise for the Company, so entry on the liabilities side of the statement of financial position is not required.
As at 30 June 2025 the total number of subscription rights granted was at 440,000 (31 December 2024: 450,000 subscription rights).
The share capital of the Company is conditionally increased by EUR 450,000.00 through the issuance of up to 450,000 no-par-value bearer shares ("Conditional Capital 2025"). The Conditional Capital 2025 serves exclusively to fulfil subscription rights issued in light of the resolution of the Annual General Meeting on 13 June 2025 on the Stock Option Plan 2024.
The conditional capital increase is implemented only to the extent that the holders of the stock options issued exercise their subscription right and the Company does not grant treasury shares in fulfilment of the options. The shares are issued from the conditional capital at the specified strike price as the issue amount. The new shares participate in profit from the start of the financial year for which no Annual General Meeting resolution has yet been passed on the appropriation of profit at the time of issuance. The Management Board is authorized, with the agreement of the Supervisory Board, to determine the further details of how the conditional capital increase is to be implemented.
Additional paid-in capital remained unchanged at EUR 51.9 million as at 30 June 2025 (31 December 2024: EUR 51.9 million).
At the proposal of the Management Board and Supervisory Board, on the basis of the net profit of MPC Capital AG the Annual General Meeting of MPC Capital AG on 13 June 2025 resolved the distribution of a dividend of EUR 0.27 per share, representing a total amount of EUR 9.5 million for the 2024 financial year, which was paid out to shareholders on 18 June 2025.
The provisions are made up as follows:
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Provisions for taxes for current taxes |
4,905 | 6,426 |
| 2. Other provisions | 10,615 | 15,135 |
| - Provisions for legal and consultancy expenses | 4,919 | 6,382 |
| - Provisions for personnel expenses | 2,950 | 4,741 |
| - Provisions for expected losses | 2,000 | 2,093 |
| - Provisions for audit of annual financial statements | 204 | 257 |
| - Miscellaneous provisions | 543 | 1,661 |
| Provisions | 15,521 | 21,560 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
The fall in other provisions partly reflects the advancing integration of the Zeaborn Group, but also the reversal of provisions for legal and consultancy costs for the retail business area that is no longer being pursued.
The liabilities schedule below shows the maturity structure of liabilities:
| Maturities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EUR '000 | Total | up to 1 year |
over 1 year |
of which over 5 years |
|
| 1. Liabilities to banks | 30/06/2025 | 4,500 | 1,000 | 3,500 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 3,511 | 1,011 | 2,500 | 0 | |
| 2. Trade payables | 30/06/2025 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 1,618 | 1,618 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3. Liabilities to other long-term investees and investors |
30/06/2025 | 251 | 251 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 285 | 285 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which from other liabilities | 30/06/2025 | 251 | 251 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 285 | 285 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4. Other liabilities | 30/06/2025 | 3,120 | 2,977 | 143 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 3,617 | 3,409 | 208 | 0 | |
| - of which taxes | 30/06/2025 | 277 | 277 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 479 | 479 | 0 | 0 | |
| - of which social security | 30/06/2025 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 31/12/2024 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30/06/2025 | 9,471 | 5,828 | 3,643 | 0 | |
| Liabilities | 31/12/2024 | 9,031 | 6,323 | 2,708 | 0 |
The liabilities to banks amounting to EUR 4.5 million (previous year: EUR 3.5 million) represent a corporate financing loan.
Trade payables essentially comprise liabilities from ongoing asset management business as well as from legal and consultancy costs.
Liabilities to other long-term investees or investors result especially from unpaid contributions to project companies.
Other liabilities are composed as follows:
| EUR '000 | 30/06/2025 | 31/12/2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Wage tax liabilities | 1,940 | 1,907 |
| Liabilities from purchase price payments outstanding | 276 | 479 |
| Liabilities from project financing | 224 | 578 |
| Social security liabilities | 143 | 208 |
| Debtors with credit balances | 37 | 52 |
| Liabilities to the MPC Group | 21 | 12 |
| Miscellaneous | 6 | 42 |
| Other liabilities | 474 | 340 |
| Other liabilities | 3,120 | 3,617 |
There are contingent liabilities as defined in Section 251 HGB. These are default and fixed liability guarantees.
There are warranties and guarantees totalling EUR 0.8 million (31 December 2024: EUR 0.9 million) essentially relating to directly enforceable warranties and guarantees. Their utilization depends on a variety of factors.
There are currently no indications that the MPC Capital Group will utilize the existing contingent liabilities because no material deterioration has arisen in the economic situation of the companies for which corresponding contingent liabilities were entered into. Utilization of one or more contingent liabilities would have a considerable impact on the financial position of the MPC Capital Group.
Other financial obligations relate to rent and lease obligations in the amount of EUR 10.6 million (31 December 2024: EUR 11.5 million). These result in particular from long-term rental agreements.
Contributions by limited partners held in trust amount to EUR 0.2 billion (31 December 2024: EUR 0.3 billion). They essentially relate to the amounts entered on the Commercial Register for TVP Treuhand- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft für Publikumsfonds GmbH & Co. KG, Hamburg ("TVP"). If and to the extent that payments that are not covered by profits are made by funds on these contributions by limited partners held in trust, the risk of being sued is within the limits of Section 172 (4) HGB. TVP has scope for recourse against the respective trustors for the greater part of these contingent liabilities.
In addition MPC Investment Services GmbH, Hamburg, and ELG Erste Liquidationsmanagement GmbH, Hamburg, manage bank deposits in trust in the amount of EUR 42.2 million (31 December 2024: EUR 44.3 million).
Revenues essentially result from the provision of services.
The table below shows a breakdown by revenue type and region:
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| By revenue type | ||
| Management services | 18,027 | 17,093 |
| Transaction services | 3,132 | 3,326 |
| Miscellaneous | 402 | 829 |
| Revenues | 21,561 | 21,248 |
| By region | ||
| Germany | 20,454 | 22,393 |
| Netherlands | 2,305 | 2,808 |
| Hong Kong | 1,873 | 823 |
| Singapore | 883 | 522 |
| Colombia | 542 | 37 |
| Panama | 33 | 121 |
| Consolidation | -4,529 | -5,456 |
| Revenues | 21,561 | 21,248 |
Other operating income is made up as follows:
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Income from changes in exchange rates | 1,278 | 975 |
| Realized income from changes in exchange rates | 790 | 752 |
| Unrealized income from changes in exchange rates | 487 | 223 |
| Income from the reversal of provisions | 1,195 | 70 |
| Income from the reversal of write-downs on receivables | 721 | 12 |
| Accounting profits from asset sales | 370 | 15,125 |
| Prior-period income | 13 | 34 |
| Miscellaneous | 82 | 240 |
| Other operating income | 3,660 | 16,456 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
Within other operating income, EUR 1.3 million constitutes prior-period income mainly in the form of income from the reversal of provisions.
In the equivalent prior-year period, other operating income was made up especially of income in connection with the delivery of new-build container ships that was reported under accounting profits from asset sales.
Costs of purchased services in connection with the management and maintenance of ships and real estate are a major component of this item, and they bring in corresponding revenues.
Personnel expenses are composed as follows::
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Wages and salaries | -10,145 | -11,672 |
| Social security, post-employment and other employee benefit costs | -1,402 | -1,517 |
| Personnel expenses | -11,547 | -13,189 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
There were 207 (H1 2024: 211) employees on average in the first half of the financial year. Of these, 82 employees (H1 2024: 71 employees) are attributed to MPC Capital from the equity investment in joint ventures.
The decrease in personnel expenses is attributable primarily to non-recurring effects in the prior-year period and synergy effects arising from the integration of the Zeaborn Group.
Other operating expenses are composed as follows:
| EUR '000 | H1 2025 | H1 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Expenses from changes in exchange rates | -2,041 | -881 |
| Legal and consultancy costs | -1,459 | -2,197 |
| IT costs | -1,192 | -1,355 |
| Insurance and subscriptions | -587 | -554 |
| Cost of premises | -541 | -862 |
| Personnel recruitment and other personnel costs | -541 | -778 |
| Services | -370 | -396 |
| Travel and hospitality expenses | -368 | -400 |
| Office supplies and equipment | -172 | -123 |
| Vehicle costs | -137 | -179 |
| Donations | -111 | -113 |
| Supervisory Board remuneration | -90 | -90 |
| Maintenance of operating premises | -88 | -35 |
| Payment transactions | -79 | -78 |
| Communications costs | -70 | -111 |
| Prior-period expenses | -41 | -64 |
| Advertising and events | -24 | -79 |
| Write-downs on receivables | -14 | -35 |
| Expected losses | 0 | -163 |
| Miscellaneous expenses | -691 | -1,581 |
| Other operating expenses | -8,616 | -10,074 |
Note: Rounding differences may occur.
Income from equity investments amounting to EUR 1.2 million (H1 2024: EUR 4.1 million) was mainly the result of profit distributions by project companies. The previous year's higher profit distributions are particularly a reflection of sales of the assets of a number of project companies.
Other interest and similar income amounting to a total of EUR 0.4 million (H1 2024: EUR 1.0 million) is mainly attributable to interest received from the investment of money and from project financing.
There were no write-downs of financial assets in the first half of the 2025 financial year. The write-downs of EUR 1.0 million in the first half of 2024 were required out of due commercial prudence to reflect the changed economic environment, because permanent impairment was assumed and that position remains unchanged.
Interest and similar expenses amounting to a total of EUR 0.2 million (H1 2024: EUR 0.2 million) mainly comprise interest expenses for project financing.
The result of associates carried at equity in the amount of EUR 9.1 million (H1 2024: EUR 2.7 million) in essence stems from the dividends of MPC Container Ships ASA that were realized at the level of MPC CSI GmbH and CSI Container Ships Investment GmbH & Co. KG.
Taxes on income in the interim consolidated financial statements are determined based on a tax calculation as at the reporting date of 30 June 2025.
The actual tax expense/income under the Minimum Tax Act (German MinStG) for the first half of the 2025 financial year amounts to 0 euros.
No deferred tax assets were recognized for temporary differences and loss carryforwards.
After 30 June 2025 there were no significant transactions likely to have a material effect on the net assets, financial position or results of operations of MPC Capital AG.
Hamburg, 22 September 2025
Constantin Baack CEO
Dr Philipp Lauenstein
Christian Schwenkenbecher
We have reviewed the condensed consolidated interim financial statements – comprising the consolidated balance sheet, consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of changes in equity, consolidated cash flow statement and condensed notes to the consolidated financial statements – as well as the interim management report of MPC Münchmeyer Petersen Capital AG, Hamburg, for the period from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025. The preparation of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements in accordance with German commercial law and of the interim management report in accordance with the "General Terms and Conditions of Deutsche Börse AG for the Regulated Unofficial Market (Freiverkehr) on Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse" is the responsibility of the legal representatives of the company. Our responsibility is to issue a report on the condensed consolidated interim financial statements and the interim management report on the basis of our review.
We conducted the review of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements and this interim management report in accordance with the German generally accepted standards for the review of financial statements promulgated by the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW – Institute of Public Auditors in Germany). Those standards require that we plan and perform the review such that, after critical appraisal, we can with a degree of certainty rule out that the condensed consolidated interim financial statements were not prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code in material respects, or that the interim management report has not been prepared in accordance with the "General Terms and Conditions of Deutsche Börse AG for the Regulated Unofficial Market (Freiverkehr) on Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse" in material respects. A review is in the first instance limited to interviewing employees of the company and making analytical assessments, and therefore does not offer the level of assurance achieved by an audit. As it was not within the scope of our mandate to conduct an audit, we cannot issue an audit opinion.
On the basis of our review, no matters have come to our attention that lead us to assume that the condensed consolidated interim financial statements were not prepared in accordance with the German Commercial Code in material respects or that the interim management report has not been prepared in accordance with the "General Terms and Conditions of Deutsche Börse AG for the Regulated Unofficial Market (Freiverkehr) on Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse" in material respects.
Hamburg, 23 September 2025
BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
| gez. Härle | gez. Naqschbandi |
|---|---|
| German Public Auditor | German Public Auditor |
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