16 Other Disclosures

Social benefits relate mainly to the employer’s share of social insurance contributions and to contributions to the employers’ liability insurance association. The pension expenses consist mainly of contributions to state pensions and allocations to pension provisions. Related interest is shown in the financial result. The expenses incurred in transfers to external pension funds and pension plans are likewise included in pension expenses.

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft was paid auditors’ fees in the amount of €0.8 million (versus €1.1 million a year earlier), of which €0.6 million (€1.0 million) was for financial statement auditing services and €0.2 million (€0.1 million) for other attestation services. The other attestation services include attestation as per Section 64 of the German Renewable Energy Act (EEG), Section 15 of the Combined Heat and Power Act (KWKG), Section 20 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG in relation to EMIR), Article 25 (1) of the EU regulation on “electricity price compensation,” and the German Packaging Regulation, as well as an assurance service for the non-financial report for the Group.