For the fiscal year 2023, Fresenius expects that there will be neither a further intensification of geopolitical tensions nor a deterioration of the current situation due to COVID-19, and that supply chain bottlenecks will increasingly ease. Fresenius also expects general cost inflation and labor shortages to have a significantly more negative impact on its business than in 2022, due to the fact that these pressures did not materialize until the second half of 2022. Accordingly, Fresenius anticipates stronger headwinds in 2023 than in the previous year. In the opinion of the Management Board, 2022 was a challenging year for the Fresenius Group overall.