After taking account of the profit or loss for the period attributable to the preference shareholders amounting to €0.5 million, earnings per share are calculated by dividing the share of the loss for the period of €119 million attributable to the ordinary shareholders of METRO AG (30/9/2023: profit of €436 million) by the weighted number of ordinary shares on issue. The weighted number of ordinary shares of 360,121,736 remains unchanged from the previous year. There was no dilution in the reporting period or the year before from so-called potential shares.