38. Non-Current and Current Financial Liabilities

Non-Current and Current Financial Liabilities as of 31 December 2015

in € thousand

 

Maturity
up to 1 year

 

Maturity
1 to 5 years

 

Maturity
over 5 years

 

Total

Liablities from bank loans

 

38,688

 

105,603

 

185,305

 

329,596

Finance lease liabilities

 

3,886

 

8,628

 

27,570

 

40,084

Other loans

 

0

 

639

 

16,500

 

17,139

Liabilities towards employees

 

15,194

 

0

 

0

 

15,194

Negative fair values of exchange and interest rate hedges

 

164

 

0

 

0

 

164

Other financial liabilities

 

34,113

 

26,998

 

174

 

61,285

 

 

92,045

 

141,868

 

229,549

 

463,462

Non-Current and Current Financial Liabilities as of 31 December 2014

in € thousand

 

Maturity
up to 1 year

 

Maturity
1 to 5 years

 

Maturity
over 5 years

 

Total

Liablities from bank loans

 

61,448

 

97,713

 

124,909

 

284,070

Finance lease liabilities

 

4,838

 

8,527

 

26,488

 

39,853

Liabilities towards employees

 

15,237

 

0

 

0

 

15,237

Other loans

 

0

 

719

 

0

 

719

Negative fair values of exchange and interest rate hedges

 

364

 

193

 

0

 

557

Other financial liabilities

 

41,559

 

24,143

 

306

 

66,008

 

 

123,446

 

131,295

 

151,703

 

406,444

The increase in amounts due to banks is mainly attributable to promissory note loans in the amount of € 70 million issued to banks in the 2015 financial year. These promissory note loans with a lower interest rate repay the € 65 million loan granted by HGV to the Real Estate subgroup, see also Note 48. Amounts due to banks also include interest of € 1,913 thousand accrued up to the balance sheet date (previous year: € 2,162 thousand). Transaction costs of € 713 thousand (previous year: € 584 thousand), incurred by taking out loans, only increase the amounts due to banks for the duration of the loan.

Other loans comprise a € 11.5 million loan granted by a minority shareholder in 2015 as well as promissory note loans of € 5 million issued to other creditors.

Buildings, surfacing and movable non-current assets with a carrying amount of € 4,207 thousand (previous year: € 6,869 thousand) have been pledged as collateral for interest-bearing loans. The collateral agreements provide that the assets are transferred to the banks until the loans and interest have been repaid in full and that they have a right to dispose of the assets if the borrower is in arrears with payments of interest and principal.

Liabilities from finance leases (€ 40,084 thousand; previous year: € 39,853 thousand) represent the discounted value of future payments for movable non-current assets.

The liabilities towards employees consist primarily of wages, salaries and holiday entitlements.

Other financial liabilities mainly consist of liabilities from the payment of a settlement to shareholders outside the Group. This entitlement to a financial settlement amounts to € 47,161 thousand for the financial years 2015 and 2016 (previous year: € 52,738 thousand for the financial years 2014 and 2015), see also Note 6 and Note 35.

Terms of Liabilities from Bank Loans

Interest condition

 

Interest rate

 

Currency

 

Remaining fixed
interest period

 

Nominal value
in TCU1

 

Carrying amount
as of 31.12.2015
in € thousand

1

TCU = Thousand Currency Units

fixed

 

0.78 – 4.22 %

 

EUR

 

2020 and later

 

218,724

 

157,725

fixed

 

3.55 – 3.80 %

 

EUR

 

2019

 

20,890

 

17,970

fixed

 

3.79 – 3.84 %

 

EUR

 

2018

 

7,811

 

1,149

fixed

 

1.90 – 5.67 %

 

EUR

 

2017

 

33,579

 

6,358

fixed

 

2.37 – 5.61 %

 

EUR

 

2016

 

90,000

 

57,706

floating

 

floating + margin

 

EUR

 

2016

 

87,467

 

63,325

floating

 

floating + margin

 

USD

 

2016

 

36,000

 

24,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,396

The floating interest rates are EURIBOR or LIBOR rates with maturities of one to six months.

Financial Liabilities for which Fair Value is not Equivalent to the Carrying Amount

 

 

Carrying amount

 

Fair value

in € thousand

 

31.12.2015

 

31.12.2014

 

31.12.2015

 

31.12.2014

Fixed interest bearing loans

 

240,908

 

213,804

 

244,891

 

220,630

Interest rates of 1.2 to 2.6 % p. a. (previous year: 1.7 to 2.4 % p. a.) were used to measure the fair value of fixed interest-bearing loans. The interest rates are derived from the risk-free rate depending on maturity plus a premium according to the credit rating. They therefore constitute market rates. The average interest rate for the reported liabilities from bank loans was 2.6 % in the reporting year (previous year: 3.1 %).

The variable interest rates are partly hedged by interest rate hedges (see also Note 47). As a result of borrowing, certain affiliates have covenants linked to key balance sheet figures and collateral. Violating these covenants would authorise the lender to demand additional collateral, a change to the conditions or the repayment of the loan. In order to prevent such steps, HHLA constantly monitors compliance with the covenants and, where required, implements measures to ensure that all conditions of the loan are met. As of the balance sheet date, the corresponding borrowings totalled € 67,589 thousand (previous year: € 45,265 thousand).

Maturity of Bank Liabilities

in € thousand

 

 

Up to 1 year

 

36,775

1 year to 2 years

 

30,918

2 years to 3 years

 

25,311

3 years to 4 years

 

23,085

4 years to 5 years

 

26,966

Over 5 years

 

185,341

 

 

328,396