38. Non-current and current financial liabilities

Amounts due to banks include interest of € 694 thousand accrued up to the balance sheet date (previous year: € 938 thousand).

The liabilities from leases represent the discounted value of future payments for movable non-current assets.

More information on the settlement obligation can be found in Note 6.

Other loans chiefly comprise loans of € 6,831 thousand (previous year: € 5,500 thousand) granted to minority shareholders as well as promissory note loans of € 9,500 thousand (previous year: € 9,500 thousand) issued to other creditors.

Buildings, land, surfacing and movable non-current assets with a carrying amount of € 76,561 thousand (previous year: € 4,755 thousand) have been pledged as collateral for interest-bearing loans. The year-on-year change is due to the addition of companies consolidated for the first time. 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.

The liabilities towards employees consist primarily of wages and salaries.

Other non-current and current financial liabilities include a potential obligation of € 20,870 thousand arising from a put option associated with the first-time consolidation of HHLA PLT Italy S.r.l., Trieste, Italy.

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

Interest rates of 1.2 to 2.9 % p.a. (previous year: 1.5 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 and maturity. They therefore constitute market rates. The average interest rate for the reported liabilities from bank loans was 1.6 % in the reporting year (previous year: 1.6 %).

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 € 85,001 thousand (previous year: € 45,601 thousand).

For more details of the liquidity risk, please refer to Note 47.