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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(in millions of €, except where otherwise stated and per share amounts)
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Other financial commitments
The following table presents future cash outflows related to purchase obligations as of
September 30, 2006:
Purchase obligations include agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable
and legally binding and which specify all of the following items: (i) fixed or minimum quanti-
ties, (ii) fixed, minimum or variable price provisions and (iii) approximate timing of the trans-
action.
Marketing, selling and general administrative expenses
The income statement line item Marketing, selling and general administrative expenses is
composed of:
Roll-forward of long-term investments
Payments due by period
Less
than 1–3 4–5 After
Total 1 year years years 5 years
Purchase obligations 12,652 11,161 1,202 239 50
Year ended
September 30,
2006 2005
Marketing and selling expenses 11,314 10,390
General administrative expenses 4,156 3,294
15,470 13,684
Accu- Net Net Write
Trans- Re- Accu- mulated book book offs
lation classi- mulated Equity value value during
adjust- Addi- fica- Dispo- Write- adjust- as of as of fiscal
10/1/05 ment tions tions sitions 9/30/06 off ments 9/30/06 10/1/05 year
Investments in subsidiaries 586 (4) 121 – 143 560 229 – 331 342 37
Investments in associated
companies 2,088 (6) 107 – 181 2,008 140 1,229 3,097 2,976 7
Miscellaneous other
investments 898 (4) 155 – 249 800 306 – 494 450 31
Long-term investments 3,572 (14) 383 – 573 3,368 675 1,229 3,922 3,768 75