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notes to tHe Consolidated BalanCe sHeet<br />

Cash and cash equivalents and securities<br />

Cash and cash equivalents and securities comprise the following items:<br />

in € million deC. 31, 2012 deC. 31, 2011<br />

Cash on hand, bank balances, checks 298.2 188.9<br />

Available-for-sale securities 558.2 645.2<br />

Cash and cash equivalents and securities 856.4 834.1<br />

Impairments of €1.0 million (previous year: € 3.1 million) were made in the year under<br />

review on the securities in the “available-for-sale” category.<br />

Trade receivables<br />

Default and other risks are taken into account by creating adequate allowances which<br />

are recognized in the carrying amount. During this financial year, the allowances came to<br />

€ 23.1 million (previous year: € 22.9 million). The fair value corresponds approximately<br />

to the carrying amount.<br />

Significant impairments were booked in trade receivables because they could not be<br />

collected. These developed as follows:<br />

in € million 2012 2011<br />

Status of allowances as of Jan. 1 22.9 14.0<br />

Currency translation – 0.2 1.1<br />

Increase 10.8 12.3<br />

Utilization – 3.7 – 2.2<br />

Release – 6.7 – 2.3<br />

Status of allowances as of Dec. 31 23.1 22.9<br />

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