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 Managing Board statements, Independent auditors’ report, Additional information
 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(in millions of €, except where otherwise
stated and per share amounts)
Since the benefit obligations for other post-employment ben-
efits are generally not funded, such payments will impact the
current operating cash flow of the Company.
Defined Contribution Plans and State Plans
(continuing operations)
The amount recognized as an expense for defined contribu-
tion plans amounted to €382 in fiscal 2009 and €314 in fiscal
2008, respectively. Contributions to state plans amounted to
€1,870 in fiscal 2009 and €1,841 in fiscal 2008.
Other post-employment benefits: Benefit payments
The following overview comprises benefit payments for other
post-employment benefits paid out of the principal other de-
fined benefit post-employment plans during the years ended
September 30, 2009 and 2008, and expected pension pay-
ments for the next five years and in the aggregate for the five
years thereafter (undiscounted):
Total Domestic Foreign
Payments for other
post-employment benefits
2008 69 37 32
2009 61 34 27
Expected payments for other
post-employment benefits
2010 51 25 26
2011 66 39 27
2012 55 29 26
2013 51 24 27
2014 55 28 27
2015 – 2019 336 197 139
B27T071_E
Warranties Order
related losses
and risks
Asset
retirement
obligations
Other Total
Balance as of beginning of fiscal year 2,744 1,705 682 2,567 7,698
Additions 1,508 948 3 719 3,178
Usage (713) (630) (29) (1,457) (2,829)
Reversals (485) (300) (6) (389) (1,180)
Translation differences (23) (33) (1) (12) (69)
Accretion expense and effect of changes in discount rates 4 15 161 10 190
Other changes (35) (43) 6 46 (26)
Balance as of fiscal year-end 3,000 1,662 816 1,484 6,962
Thereof non-current 861 551 793 566 2,771
B27T072_E
PROVISIONS
Except for asset retirement obligations (see discussion below),
the majority of the Company ’s provisions are generally ex-
pected to result in cash outflows during the next 1 to 15 years.
Warranties mainly relate to products sold. See Note 2 for fur-
ther information concerning our policy for estimating war-
ranty provisions.