15 Financial Liabilities

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€ million

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

Total

 

Of which noncurrent

 

Of which current

 

Total

 

Of which noncurrent

 

Of which current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Liabilities from leasing arrangements mainly include liabilities related to leasing the Burghausen plant’s CCGT power station as well as liabilities for technical facilities.

Liabilities to banks

 

1,195.3

 

932.4

 

262.9

 

1,079.2

 

927.6

 

151.6

Of which > 5 years

 

 

 

16.0

 

 

 

 

 

8.1

 

 

Liabilities from lease obligations1

 

28.8

 

21.6

 

7.2

 

38.2

 

30.8

 

7.4

Of which > 5 years

 

 

 

5.2

 

 

 

 

 

9.5

 

 

Other financial liabilities

 

377.4

 

364.2

 

13.2

 

299.3

 

289.0

 

10.3

Of which > 5 years

 

 

 

301.4

 

 

 

 

 

238.4

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

1,601.5

 

1,318.2

 

283.3

 

1,416.7

 

1,247.4

 

169.3

Of which > 5 years

 

 

 

322.6

 

 

 

 

 

256.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 2014, the company took out an investment loan in the amount of € 80 million. In addition, long-term financing in the amount of 800 million renminbi (€ 106 million) for the company’s Chinese subsidiaries was restructured, with the new loans being utilized to redeem existing loans. Due to first-time full consolidation of Siltronic Silicon Wafer Pte. Ltd. in 2014, a minority shareholder’s Singapore-dollar-denominated loan for an amount equivalent to € 35.8 million led to an increase in financial liabilities.

In 2013, WACKER had privately placed senior unsecured notes in three installments for a total of US$ 400 million among investors on the US financial market.

No collateral exists for financial liabilities. Financial liabilities are not secured through liens or similar rights. Some of the liabilities to banks have fixed interest rates and others have variable interest rates. Moreover, some of the liabilities to banks were granted on condition that particular covenants be complied with.

The liabilities to banks comprise the following:

 

€ million

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

Currency

 

Carrying amount
€ million

 

Maturity

 

Currency

 

Carrying amount € million

 

Maturity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment loan

 

EUR

 

200.0

 

2016

 

EUR

 

200.0

 

2016

Investment loan

 

EUR

 

200.0

 

2017

 

EUR

 

200.0

 

2017

Investment loan

 

EUR

 

80.0

 

2020

 

 

 

Investment loan

 

CNY

 

 

 

CNY

 

10.8

 

2015

Investment loan

 

CNY

 

18.7

 

2016

 

CNY

 

34.0

 

2016

Investment loan

 

CNY

 

67.6

 

2018

 

 

 

Investment loan

 

CNY

 

 

2019

 

CNY

 

79.0

 

2019

Promissory notes (German Schuldscheine)

 

EUR

 

150.0

 

2015

 

EUR

 

150.0

 

2015

Promissory notes (German Schuldscheine)

 

EUR

 

150.0

 

2017

 

EUR

 

150.0

 

2017

Bank loan

 

JPY

 

68.8

 

2017

 

JPY

 

69.0

 

2017

Bank loan

 

EUR

 

50.0

 

2018

 

EUR

 

50.0

 

2018

Bank loan

 

CNY

 

106.1

 

2017

 

 

 

Operating loan

 

 

 

 

CNY

 

136.4

 

2014

Operating loan

 

CNY

 

75.4

 

2015

 

 

 

Operating loan

 

CNY

 

19.9

 

2017

 

 

 

Operating loan

 

 

 

8.8

 

2015

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

1,195.3

 

 

 

 

 

1,079.2

 

 

Fair value

 

 

 

1,218.7

 

 

 

 

 

1,101.7

 

 

Other financial liabilities comprise the following:

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€ million

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

Currency

 

Carrying amount
€ million

 

Maturity

 

Currency

 

Carrying amount
€ million

 

Maturity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private placement (1st installment)

 

USD

 

57.6

 

2018

 

USD

 

50.8

 

2018

Private placement (2nd installment)

 

USD

 

107.0

 

2020

 

USD

 

94.4

 

2020

Private placement (3rd installment)

 

USD

 

164.5

 

2023

 

USD

 

143.8

 

2023

Minority-shareholder loans

 

SGD

 

35.8

 

2022

 

 

 

Sundry other financial liabilities

 

 

 

12.5

 

 

 

 

 

10.3

 

 

Total

 

 

 

377.4

 

 

 

 

 

299.3

 

 

Fair value

 

 

 

371.3

 

 

 

 

 

287.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As in the prior year, the euro-denominated investment loans included variable-interest-rate loan amounts. The variable portion totals € 280.0 million (2013: € 200.0 million), of which € 200 million falls due before the end of 2016 and € 80 million by mid-2020. In 2014, loan facilities from banks included variable-interest-rate loan amounts of € 34.4 million (€ 34.5 million) with a residual term until the end of 2017. The promissory notes (German Schuldscheine) include variable loan amounts of € 101.0 million (2013: € 101.0 million) with a residual term until 2015 and € 39.0 million (2013: € 39.0 million) with a residual term until 2017. As in the prior year, all renminbi-denominated loans have variable interest rates. All the private placements and the minority-shareholder loan have fixed interest rates.

The carrying amounts of the current financial liabilities correspond to the repayment amounts. With the exception of the renminbi-denominated investment loans and a portion of the euro-denominated investment loans totaling € 80 million, all the loans fall due on maturity.

The following table shows the future principal and interest payments for the bank liabilities and other financial liabilities.

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€ million

 

2015

 

2016

 

2017

 

2018

 

2019 to 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal

 

276.1

 

242.0

 

578.6

 

137.5

 

338.5

Interest

 

39.6

 

34.0

 

25.0

 

13.7

 

40.5

There are also unused long-term lines of credit amounting to € 603.5 million (2013: € 700.7 million), all conditions for the utilization of which have been met.

As of the reporting date, the future minimum lease payments under finance lease agreements amount to:

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€ million

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

Nominal value

 

Interest

 

Present value

 

Nominal value

 

Interest

 

Present value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minimum lease payment within a year

 

8.3

 

1.1

 

7.2

 

8.9

 

1.5

 

7.4

Minimum lease payment between one and five years

 

18.7

 

2.3

 

16.4

 

24.5

 

3.2

 

21.3

Minimum lease payment over five years

 

5.3

 

0.1

 

5.2

 

10.1

 

0.6

 

9.5

Total

 

32.3

 

3.5

 

28.8

 

43.5

 

5.3

 

38.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are no conditional lease payments from finance leases.

Wacker Chemie AG has capitalized a finance lease for the leased CCGT (combined-cycle gas turbine) power station at its Burghausen site. The lease for the power station is due to expire in 2019 at the latest. WACKER has the right to acquire the power station at a price oriented to book values in accordance with German commercial law. If WACKER acquires this power station, it may not be sold to a third party for five years.

WACKER also has leasing agreements for several technical facilities that qualify as finance leases and were capitalized accordingly. Here, too, the company in some cases has rights of pre-emption and lease rollover options.

The lease agreements serve to simplify the procurement and financing of operating materials and fixed assets. The long-term commitment that they involve, however, leads to a constant future outflow of cash from which the company cannot extract itself.