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3.6 Consolidated financial statements Notes Notes to to the the consolidated financial financial statements<br />

The Group uses professional investment managers to invest plan<br />

assets based on specific investment guidelines developed by the<br />

plans’ Investment Committees. The Investment Committees consist of<br />

senior financial management especially from treasury and other<br />

appropriate executives. The Investment Committees meet regularly to<br />

approve the target asset allocations, and review the risks and<br />

performance of the major pension funds and approve the selection and<br />

retention of external managers.<br />

The Group’s target portfolio structure has been developed based on<br />

asset-liability studies that were performed for the major pension funds<br />

within the Group.<br />

The pension plan asset allocation and target allocation are as follows:<br />

Plan assets as of<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2010<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2011<br />

Target<br />

allocation<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2012<br />

Equity securities 35% 36% 30-45%<br />

Debt securities 56% 55% 45-60%<br />

Real estate/other 9% 9% 0-10%<br />

Total 100% 100%<br />

In general, the Group’s funding policy is to contribute amounts to the<br />

plans sufficient to meet the minimum statutory funding requirements<br />

relevant in the country in which the plan is located. In the USA, certain<br />

plans require minimum funding based on collective bargaining<br />

agreements. The Group may from time to time make additional<br />

contributions at its own discretion. ThyssenKrupp’s expected<br />

contribution in fiscal year 2011/2012 is €101 million related to its<br />

funded plans, all of which is expected to be as cash contributions.<br />

Pension benefit payments<br />

In fiscal year 2010/2011, pension benefit payments to the Group’s<br />

German and Non-German plans were €415 million (2009/2010: €418<br />

million) and €151 million (2009/2010: €151 million) respectively. The<br />

estimated future pension benefits to be paid by the Group’s defined<br />

benefit pension plans are as follows:<br />

million €<br />

Multi-year overview<br />

Amounts recognized for the current and the previous periods for defined benefit pension plans are as follows:<br />

million €<br />

Germany<br />

Outside<br />

Germany<br />

(for fiscal year)<br />

2011/2012 443 116<br />

2012/2013 427 116<br />

2013/2014 423 117<br />

2014/2015 421 120<br />

2015/2016 420 124<br />

2016/2017-2020/2021 1,993 628<br />

Total 4,127 1,221<br />

Present value of defined benefit obligation 7,931 6,938 7,754 8,664 7,754<br />

Fair value of plan assets 2,077 1,724 1,692 2,053 1,786<br />

Surplus/(deficit) in the plans (5,854) (5,214) (6,062) (6,611) (5,968)<br />

Experience adjustments on plan liabilities (89) (47) 25 65 (1)<br />

Experience adjustments on plan assets 44 (345) (23) 60 (89)<br />

Defined Contribution Plans<br />

The Group also maintains domestic and foreign defined contribution<br />

plans. Amounts contributed by the Group under such plans are based<br />

upon percentage of the employees’ salary or the amount of<br />

contributions made by the employees. The total cost of pension plans<br />

accounted for as defined contribution plans in the current fiscal year<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2007<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2008<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2009<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2010<br />

168<br />

Sept. 30,<br />

2011<br />

was €111 million (2009/2010: €119 million). Thereof, €73 million<br />

(2009/2010: €78 million) were related to multi-employer plans. In<br />

addition, contributions paid to public/state pension insurance<br />

institutions amounted to €666 million (2009/2010: €603 million).

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