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92 A. To our Shareholders 117 B. Corporate Governance 155 C. Combined Management Report
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The defined benefit obligation (DBO) of all pension commit-
ments to former members of the Managing Board and their
survivors as of September ,  and  amounted to
€. million and €. million. For additional information
see NOTE  POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
Compensation attributable to members of the Supervisory
Board comprises in fiscal  and  of a base compensa-
tion and additional compensation for committee work and
amounted to €. million and €. million (including meeting
fees), respectively.
No loans and advances from the Company are provided to
members of the Managing Board and Supervisory Board.
Information regarding the remuneration of the members of
the Managing Board and Supervisory Board is disclosed on
an individual basis in the Compensation Report, which is
part of the Combined Management Report. The chapter
B. COMPENSATION REPORT is presented within the chapter
B. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
In fiscal  and , no other major transactions took place
between the Company and the other members of the Manag-
ing Board and the Supervisory Board.
Some of our board members hold, or in the last year have held,
positions of significant responsibility with other entities.
We have relationships with almost all of these entities in the
ordinary course of our business whereby we buy and sell a
wide variety of products and services on arm’s length terms.
Michael Diekmann is the Chairman of the Board of Manage-
ment of Allianz SE. Our transactions with Allianz Group
are conducted on arm’s length basis and include insurance
business and asset management.
NOTE  Principal accountant fees
and services
Fees related to professional services rendered by the Company ’s
principal accountant, EY, for fiscal  and  were as
follows:
Year ended September 30,
(in millions of €) 2013 2012
Type of fees
Audit fees 45.6 44.2
Audit-related fees 10.2 10.6
Tax fees 0.1 0.4
All other services 0.4 –
Total 56.3 55.2
Audit fees and audit-related fees consist of fees associated
with the services pre-approved by the Audit Committee de-
scribed below. Tax fees and all other services require specific
pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The tax fees primarily
include fees for support services provided in connection with
assistance for competent authority procedures according to
Article  of the OECD Model Tax Convention regarding trans-
fer pricing issues as well as for tax compliance advice on tran-
sition services from acquisitions. All other services consist of
advisory services provided by EY for a transitional period until
the end of fiscal  after they acquired one of Siemens’
IT-suppliers in the area of supply chain management in June
 and an attestation service not related to the financial
statements.
In fiscal , % of the total fees related to Ernst & Young
GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Germany.