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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET
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30.8 / AMOUNTS RECOGNIZED THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS FROM BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS
EUR million 2015 2014
Service costs 150 131
Net interest expense (+) and income (–) + 104 + 116
Past service costs (incl. plan curtailment) 0 1
Balance of amounts from defined benefit obligations
recognized through profit or loss 253 248
Net interest expense/income includes the interest expense
from the defined benefit obligation and the expected return on
plan assets (net interest approach).
30.9 / DEVELOPMENT OF PROVISIONS FOR PENSIONS
EUR million 2015 2014
Provisions for pensions as of Jan. 1 4,585 3,209
Service costs 150 131
Interest expense 130 151
Interest income from plan assets – 26 – 35
Income/expense from plan assets not recognized in interest income 17 – 36
Actuarial gains (–)/losses (+) following changes in demographic assumptions –1 +1
Actuarial gains (–)/losses (+) following changes in financial assumptions – 512 + 1,379
Actuarial gains (–)/losses (+) following experience-based adjustments + 122 0
Past service costs (incl. plan curtailment) 0 1
Pension payments from company assets – 105 – 98
Employer contributions to the fund – 133 – 122
Effects from transfers –6 4
Currency differences 1 –1
Provisions for pensions as of Dec. 31 4,221 4,585
30.10 / ACTUARIAL PREMISES FOR THE CALCULATION OF PENSION OBLIGATIONS
in % 2015 2014
Discount rate 2.66 2.29
Remuneration trend 3.66 3.57
Retirement benefit trend 1.65 1.80
Fluctuation 1.07 1.02
The figures shown are average figures, weighted in accordance
with the present values of the defined benefit obligation.
The “2005 G Reference Tables”, published by HEUBECK-
RICHTTAFELN-GmbH, Cologne, served as the biometric
basis for calculation of retirement benefits.
The discounting rates are, as a general rule, determined on the
basis of the yields on prime-rated corporate bonds. The remu-
neration trends encompass anticipated increases in wages and
salaries, which also take account of pay increases linked to
promotion. The retirement benefit trends either correspond to
the contractually agreed guaranteed adjustments or are based
on the relevant rules on pension indexing. The staff turnover
rates are based on past experience and expectations for the
future.