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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 />
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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.