(26) Financial liabilities


 

Dec 31, 2008

 

Dec 31, 2007

€ million

Non-current

Current

 

Non-current

Current

Bonds payable
(incl. other notes payable)

10,041

165

 

9,029

1,622

Commercial paper Glossary

 

846

 

 

 

Bank debt

481

306

 

564

790

Other financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Collateral for trading activities

 

541

 

 

404

Miscellaneous other liabilities

632

471

 

453

423

 

11,154

2,329

 

10,046

3,239

Financial liabilities to associates totalled €137 million (previous year: €97 million).

€10,983 million of the non-current financial liabilities were interest-bearing liabilities (previous year: €9,886 million). Bank debt mainly stems from the former activities of acquired companies. Nominal interest depends on the currency, term and conditions of the agreement and ranged between 1.5 and 11.8 % (previous year: 2.0 and 9.0 %).

Changes in the scope of consolidation caused financial liabilities to increase by €234 million.

Other financial liabilities primarily consist of finance lease liabilities. Lease agreements principally relate to capital goods in the electricity business.

Liabilities arising from finance lease agreements have the following maturities:

Liabilities from finance
lease agreements



€ million

Maturities of minimum lease payments

Dec 31, 2008

 

Dec 31, 2007

Nominal
value

Discount

Present value

 

Nominal
value

Discount

Present value

Due within 1 year

8

 

8

 

17

2

15

Due within 1 to 5 years

29

1

28

 

57

2

55

Due after 5 years

46

3

43

 

99

50

49

 

83

4

79

 

173

54

119

Above and beyond this, other financial liabilities include collateral for trading activities.

€82 million (previous year: €84 million) of the financial liabilities are secured by mortgages, and €69 million (previous year: €11 million) by similar rights.