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Consolidated Financial Statements<br />

Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position continued<br />

Sensitivity analysis<br />

In 2013, service costs will amount to approximately EUR 119 million for all defined benefit plans. The table below shows the approximate impact<br />

on service costs in 2013 if the key actuarial assumptions change by one percentage point:<br />

Increase<br />

Decrease<br />

Amounts in millions of EUR<br />

by 1% by 1%<br />

Discount rate -32 44<br />

Expected salary increases 4 -5<br />

Expected return on assets not applicable not applicable<br />

Expected benefit increases 37 -29<br />

The table below shows the approximate impact on the defined benefit obligation as at December 31, 2012, if the key actuarial assumptions<br />

change by one percentage point:<br />

Increase<br />

Decrease<br />

Amounts in millions of EUR<br />

by 1% by 1%<br />

Discount rate -1,596 1,984<br />

Expected salary increases 145 -148<br />

Expected return on assets not applicable not applicable<br />

Expected benefit increases 1,835 -1,487<br />

If more than one of the assumptions changes, the impact of each change would not necessarily be the same as if only one assumption changed<br />

in isolation.<br />

Plan assets: investment policies/strategies<br />

The pension funds actively manage their investment portfolio. In most cases, the investment strategy is determined based on an asset-liability<br />

study in consultation with investment advisers and within the boundaries given by regulatory bodies for pension funds (in the Netherlands the<br />

regulatory body is ‘De Nederlandsche Bank’). The pension funds mainly invest in the global equity and debt markets. As the pension fund invests<br />

in market indices like MSCI, a minor part of these investments is related to <strong>KPN</strong> equities.<br />

<strong>KPN</strong> PF<br />

<strong>KPN</strong> PF is the largest plan (assets of EUR 5,891 million and benefit obligations of EUR 6,981 million at December 31, 2012). The Board of <strong>KPN</strong> PF<br />

determines the investment policies on the basis of the long-term goals of the fund. The investment policies apply in principle for the long-term<br />

but are evaluated annually.<br />

The weighted average investment portfolio of <strong>KPN</strong> PF is as follows:<br />

Actual as per<br />

December 2012<br />

Actual as per<br />

December 2011<br />

Strategy as from 2013<br />

Equities 39% 40% 35%<br />

Fixed income 37% 39% 38%<br />

Real estate 10% 8% 11%<br />

Other 14% 13% 16%<br />

Total 100% 100% 100%<br />

The risk of a decrease in value of equity investments is partially hedged with put options on equities in developed markets. Currency risks on<br />

equities are in principle hedged. The interest rate risk is hedged for 50% with interest sensitive fixed income instruments and interest rate swaps.<br />

Also options on interest swaps are used to mitigate the interest rate risk. To mitigate the effects of rising inflation on the value of the fund’s<br />

investments, part of the fixed income porfolio is invested in inflation linked bonds.<br />

The investments of <strong>KPN</strong>’s Dutch funds are reviewed daily by investment managers and on a monthly basis by the board of the pension funds.<br />

Other plans<br />

<strong>KPN</strong>’s weighted average actual investment portfolio in other plans and countries at December 31, 2012, and 2011 is as follows:<br />

As per December 2012 As per December 2011<br />

Equities 41% 38%<br />

Fixed income 43% 43%<br />

Real estate 5% 6%<br />

Other 11% 13%<br />

Total 100% 100%<br />

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<strong>KPN</strong> | Annual Report 2012

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