Gerresheimer AG said on Tuesday it will not meet the March 31 deadline to publish its audited financial statements for the 2025 fiscal year, citing a protracted review by a second external auditing firm of business transactions spanning financial years 2024 and 2025. The German manufacturer of pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery systems now aims to publish audited annual and consolidated accounts in June 2026.
In a regulatory filing, the Duesseldorf-based company said the additional external audit work and the preparation of documentation needed for that review "are taking longer than expected." The filing did not disclose the identity of the second auditor, the specific transactions under scrutiny, or what prompted the supplementary investigation.
Gerresheimer warned that the delayed publication will trigger the exclusion of its shares from Deutsche Boerse AG's SDAX index. The company said it has entered discussions with its creditors to seek extensions for audited-statement submission deadlines that are set out in its financing agreements, a move that signals potential covenant implications arising from the reporting setback.
The disruption to reporting affects multiple points on Gerresheimer's calendar. The company said a first-quarter 2026 trading update, which had been scheduled for April 16, will be postponed to an unspecified later date. In addition, the Annual General Meeting, originally arranged for June 3, cannot go ahead as planned; Gerresheimer said it will announce a rescheduled date in due course.
Gerresheimer supplies primary packaging and drug delivery systems to the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors and trades on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The company emphasized the ongoing nature of the external probe and the need to complete audit documentation before filing audited results.
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Context note: The filing and corporate schedule changes outlined above reflect the company statement; the regulatory disclosure did not provide additional detail on the transactions under review or the second auditor's identity.