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<strong>METRO</strong> GROUP : ANNUAL REPORT 2010 : BUSINESS<br />

→ NOTES : NOTES TO ThE INCOME STATEMENT<br />

Equity and debt capital, net balance sheet debt in the<br />

consolidated financial statements<br />

Equity amounted to €6,460 million (previous year: €5,992<br />

million), while debt capital reached €28,607 million (previous<br />

year: €27,290 million). Net balance sheet debt amounted<br />

to €3,478 million compared to €3,724 million in the previous<br />

year.<br />

€ million 31/12/2010 31/12/20091 Equity 6,460 5,992<br />

Debt capital 28,607 27,290<br />

Net debt 3,478 3,724<br />

financial liabilities (incl. finance leases) 8,283 7,727<br />

Cash and cash equivalents 4,799 3,996<br />

Term deposits > 3 months < 1 year2 6 7<br />

1 Adjustment of previous year’s figures due to revised disclosure<br />

2 Included in the balance sheet item “other receivables and assets (current)”<br />

Local capital requirements<br />

The capital market strategy of <strong>METRO</strong> GROuP consistently<br />

aims to ensure that the <strong>Group</strong> companies’ capital resources<br />

comply with local requirements. during the reporting year,<br />

all external capital requirements were fulfilled. This<br />

includes, for example, adherence to a maximum level of<br />

indebtedness or a fixed equity ratio.<br />

Notes to the income statement<br />

1. Sales<br />

(Net) sales can be broken down as follows:<br />

€ million 2010 2009<br />

Metro Cash & Carry 31,095 30,613<br />

Real 11,499 11,298<br />

Media Markt and Saturn 20,794 19,693<br />

Galeria Kaufhof 3,584 3,539<br />

Others 286 386<br />

67,258 65,529<br />

The sales listed in the “others” segment were mainly generated<br />

by MGB <strong>METRO</strong> <strong>Group</strong> Buying at €238 million (previous<br />

year: €253 million) and Grillpfanne at €13 million (previous<br />

year: €73 million incl. AXXE).<br />

→ p. 168<br />

A total of €41.1 billion (previous year: €39.0 billion) in sales<br />

was generated by <strong>Group</strong> companies based outside of Germany.<br />

for a breakdown of sales by divisions and regions, see the<br />

segment reporting.<br />

2. Other operating income<br />

€ million<br />

Rents incl. reimbursements of subsidiary<br />

2010 2009<br />

rental costs 479 477<br />

Services/cost refunds 306 294<br />

Services rendered to suppliers<br />

Gains from the disposal of fixed assets and<br />

298 225<br />

from write-backs 279 95<br />

Income from deconsolidation 52 0<br />

Miscellaneous 213 216<br />

1,627 1,307<br />

Gains from the disposal of fixed assets primarily include<br />

revenues from sale-and-lease-back transactions totalling<br />

€198 million (previous year: €85 million).<br />

Income from deconsolidation essentially includes gains<br />

from the disposal of shareholdings in Metro Cash & Carry<br />

Morocco S.A.<br />

Other operating income comprises, among other things,<br />

income from damages, income from construction services,<br />

public aid, income from the derecognition of statute-barred<br />

liabilities, income from canteen revenues, other reimbursements<br />

as well as a multitude of additional items.<br />

3. Selling expenses<br />

€ million 2010 2009<br />

Personnel expenses 5,940 5,825<br />

Cost of materials 6,233 6,029<br />

12,173 11,854<br />

The increase in selling expenses is due to expansion and<br />

expenses related to the disposal of the consumer electronics<br />

stores in france, in particular.

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