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[46] Financial liabilities 

This item comprised:

XLS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

€ million

current

non-current

Dec. 31, 2012

current

non-current

Dec. 31, 2011

Bonds

749.1

3,145.9

3,895.0

1,004.7

3,893.7

4,898.4

Bank loans and overdrafts

48.1

19.9

68.0

106.9

20.3

127.2

Liabilities to related parties

233.1

233.1

199.2

199.2

Loans from third parties and other financial liabilities

21.5

66.6

88.1

17.2

66.0

83.2

Liabilities from derivatives (financial transactions)

37.1

122.4

159.5

63.9

155.6

219.5

Finance leases

2.5

7.3

9.8

2.5

9.3

11.8

 

1,091.4

3,362.1

4,453.5

1,394.4

4,144.9

5,539.3

Bank financing commitments vis-à-vis the Merck Group were as follows:

XLS

 

 

 

 

 

€ million

Bank credit facilities

Utilization1
as of
Dec.31, 2012

Interest

Due

1

Booked disagios are not taken into account in the disclosure

Syndicated loan 2007

2,000.0

variable

2014

Bilateral credit facilities with banks

9.4

9.4

fixed

2013

Bilateral credit facilities with banks

1.0

1.0

fixed

2014

Bilateral credit facilities with banks

0.9

0.9

fixed

2015

Bilateral credit facilities with banks

6.3

6.3

fixed

2017

Bilateral credit facilities with banks

11.1

11.1

fixed

2018

Bilateral credit facilities with banks

0.9

0.9

fixed

2021

Various bank lines

308.6

38.7

fixed /
variable

< 1 year

 

2,338.2

68.3

 

 

The current and non-current liabilities of the Merck Group to banks were denominated in the following currencies:

XLS

 

 

 

in %

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Euros

65.6

19.0

Argentinian pesos

13.3

3.1

Chinese renminbi

8.3

47.0

Indian rupees

4.6

2.4

U. S. dollars

4.0

0.8

Venezuelan bolivars

18.7

Other currencies

4.2

9.0

 

100.0

100.0

In 2009, Merck created a Debt Issuance Program that forms the contractual basis for issuing bonds with a nominal volume of up to € 5 billion. In 2010, this volume was increased to € 10 billion.

The following bonds were issued by the Merck Group:

XLS

 

 

 

 

 

Issuer

Nominal value

Maturity

Nominal
interest rate

Issue price

1

fixed by interest rate swaps

Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany

€ 750 million

March 2009 – September 2013

4.875%

99.697

Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany

€ 1,350 million

March 2010 – March 2015

3.375%

99.769

Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany

€ 100 million

December 2009 – December 2015

3.615%1

100.000

Millipore Corporation, USA

€ 250 million

June 2006 – June 2016

5.875%

99.611

Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany

€ 60 million

November 2009 – November 2016

4.000%

100.000

Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany

€ 70 million

December 2009 – December 2019

4.250%

97.788

Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany

€ 1,350 million

March 2010 – March 2020

4.500%

99.582

To meet short-term capital requirements, Merck KGaA has a commercial paper program with a volume of € 2 billion, which had not been utilized as of the reporting date.

In addition, a € 2 billion multi-currency revolving credit line from fiscal 2007 is available. The loan has a term of seven years and was agreed with an international banking syndicate. This credit line had not been utilized as of the reporting date.

In March 2012, a bond issued by Merck Financial Services GmbH, Germany, with a nominal volume of € 500 million was repaid. A further bond issued by Merck Finanz AG, Luxembourg, with a nominal volume of € 500 million was repaid in December 2012.

Finance lease liabilities represented the discounted amount of future payments arising from finance leases. This item primarily related to liabilities from finance leases for buildings. Information on liabilities due to related parties can be found under Note [70].

© Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Last Update 2013/03/07