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The plan assets for the domestic companies are invested in the following financial assets:
in € million 2012 2011
Bonds 43.6 40.6
Stocks 20.0 12.0
Investment funds 3.4 –
Money market instruments and bank balances 10.1 11.2
Fair value of plan assets of domestic companies as of Dec. 31 77.1 63.8
Bonds 12.9 9.2
Stocks 6.8 7.9
Money market instruments and bank balances 0.6 0.1
Real estate 0.2 0.2
Insurance claims 14.1 12.3
Other assets 0.6 0.6
Fair value of plan assets of foreign companies as of Dec. 31 35.2 30.3
Fair value of plan assets as of Dec. 31 112.3 94.1
The plan assets neither include financial instruments, property used by the company
itself, nor other assets used by the company.
The expenses with regard to pensions and similar obligations recognized in the income
statement break down as follows:
in € million 2012 2011
Current service costs 6.2 6.2
Interest expenses on the obligations 15.2 14.2
Expected income from plan assets – 3.0 – 2.7
Pension expenses of domestic companies 18.4 17.7
Current service costs 2.5 3.1
Interest expenses on the obligations 3.0 2.6
Expected income from plan assets – 1.6 – 1.4
Pension expenses of foreign companies 3.9 4.3
Total pension expenses 22.3 22.0
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