ÖBB Annual Report 2023

307 Consolidated Financial Statements Österreichische Bundesbahnen-Holding Aktiengesellschaft Consolidated Financial Statements | Group Management Report 89 34. Group companies The business activities of the ÖBB Group are as follows: ÖBB-Personenverkehr This subgroup combines all activities of the passenger transport and services division. The business segments relate to long- distance rail transport, local rail transport and bus transport, the travel agency activities of Rail Tours Touristik GmbH and the maintenance of rolling stock by the Technical Services Group. Rail Cargo Group The business objects are divided into five complementary, cross-border rail businesses to enable the Rail Cargo Group to present itself to customers in a demand- and market-oriented manner and to offer customised solutions in addition to binding performance promises. – Forwarding: Rail Cargo Logistics (RCL) – Rail freight forwarders with industry expertise – Operator: Rail Cargo Operator (RCO) – for high-frequency long haul shuttles (intermodal, conventional, mix) between economic regions – Carrier: Rail Cargo Carrier (RCC) – RU (railway undertaking = carrier service) for own traction (e.g. basic load, single- wagon transport) – Wagon: – Wagon lessor – Technical Services: Technical Services (TS) – Maintenance of rolling stock ÖBB-Infrastruktur The tasks of the ÖBB-Infrastruktur subgroup are: – Planning and construction of rail infrastructure including high-capacity lines, planning and construction of related projects as well as provision of rail infrastructure including facilities and equipment – Provision, operation and maintenance of demand-oriented and safe rail infrastructure (maintenance, inspection, repair, operational planning and shunting) The core activities of the ÖBB-Infrastruktur subgroup also include energy purchasing, energy supply and electricity portfolio management as well as the leasing, development and utilisation of real estate. Holding / Other activities The numerous management, financing and service functions of ÖBB-Holding AG, its other holdings (e.g. ÖBB-Business Competence Center GmbH, ÖBB-Finanzierungsservice GmbH, ÖBB-Werbung GmbH) and ÖBB-Produktion Gesellschaft mbH (provision of traction services) are combined here. Significant changes in the schedule of shareholdings Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland GmbH (Berlin, DE) and its subsidiaries were acquired by ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG on 01.02.2024. The Group will be included in the consolidated financial statements as a fully consolidated company as of 01.02.2024, with the exception of Go-Drive Verleihgesellschaft mbH (Essingen, DE). Further information is provided in Section 35. Information on the subsidiaries, associated companies, equity investments, other shares and changes in the ÖBB Group existing as at 31.12.2023 in the financial year 2023: The following disposals are not shown in the overview: As at 01.07.2023, the fully consolidated company Rail Cargo Terminal – S. Stino S.r.l. was merged with Rail Cargo Terminal – Desio S.r.l. with retroactive effect from 01.01.2023 and subsequently renamed Rail Cargo Logistics – Terminals Italy s.r.l. In addition, European Contract Logistics – Slovakia s.r.o. “v likvidácii”, which was not included in the consolidated financial statements as an affiliated, not fully consolidated company, was sold in the 2023 financial year. In December 2023, Breitspur Planungsgesellschaft mbH in Liqu., in which 27.74% of the shares were held, was deleted from the commercial register following liquidation in December 2022.